Biology:Lycorma olivacea

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Short description: Species of insect

Lycorma olivacea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Lycorma
Species:
L. olivacea
Binomial name
Lycorma olivacea
(Kato, 1929)

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Lycorma olivacea is a planthopper indigenous to Taiwan.

Taxonomy and discovery

Lycorma olivacea is a species in the genus Lycorma, in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are found in Asia.[1] L. olivacea, along with L. meliae, was described by Masayo Kato in Taiwan in 1929 and the species has not been reclassified since.[2] Taxonomic classification places three other species (L. delicatula, L. meliae, and L. imperialis) as closely related to L. olivacea.[3]

See also

References

Wikidata ☰ Q10571345 entry