Amantia peruana
| Amantia peruana | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Genus: | Amantia |
| Species: | A. peruana |
| Binomial name | |
| Amantia peruana Schmidt, 1910 | |
Amantia peruana is a species of lanternfly found in Peru.
Description
The head of A. peruana is red and the prothorax is peach-colored. The mesothorax and scutellum are brown. The eyes are red and the tegmen is either a black or very dark red with bright veins.
Subspecies
There are two subspecies:[1]
- Amantia peruana peruana, which has spots and two wavy apical fasciae, the more basal of which is significantly thicker, on the tegmen.
- Amantia peruana infasciata, which has no spots and two wavy apical fasciae, the more basal of which is slightly thicker, on the tegmen.
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