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Amantia imperatoria

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Amantia imperatoria
Amantia imperatoria from Distant & Fowler 1887
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Fulgoridae
Genus: Amantia
Species:
A. imperatoria
Binomial name
Amantia imperatoria
(Gerstaecker, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Poiocera imperatoria Gerstaecker, 1860
  • Poeocera [sic] imperatoria Gerstaecker, 1860

Amantia imperatoria is a species of lanternfly found in Costa Rica and Panama.[1]

Description

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This species can be distinguished from other Amantia species by the interrupted sub apical fore stripe of the tegmen.[2]

The overall colour is blue or black, depending on the variety. In the blue variety, the body is mostly blue, the head orange, the spots are larger and the stripe is thicker. In the black one, the blue is replaced by black, the spots are smaller and the stripes are thinner, yellow, and the head is red. The base of the hind wings is also red in both varieties. It is the only Amantia species know from Central America.

References

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  1. ^ World Auchenorrhyncha Database
  2. ^ Godman, Frederick Du Cane; Horman-Fisher, Maud; Knight, H.; Salvin, Osbert; Saunders, G. S.; Schlereth, M. v.; Sharp, M. A.; Wilson, Edwin; Wulp, F. M. van der (1879). Biologia Centrali-Americana :zoology, botany and archaeology. [London: Published for the editors by R. H. Porter]. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.730.