Siphanta acuta

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Superfamilia: Fulgoroidea

Familia: Flatidae
Subfamilia: Flatinae
Genus: Siphanta
Species: Siphanta acuta
Name

Siphanta acuta (Walker, 1851)

Original combination: Poeciloptera acuta

Synonyms:

Cromna elegans (Costa, 1864)
Phalainesthes schauinslandi (Kirkaldy, 1899)
Poeciloptera acuta (Walker, 1851)
Poeciloptera cupido (Walker, 1851)
Poeciloptera hebes (Walker, 1851)
Siphanta cupido (Walker, 1851)
Siphanta elegans (Costa, 1864)
Siphanta schauinslandi (Kirkaldy, 1899)

References

Walker, F. 1851. List of the specimens of homopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum. Part II. London. pp. 261–636. BHL Reference page.
Gourlay, E.S. 1930: Some parasitic Hymenoptera of economic importance in New Zealand. New Zealand journal of science and technology, 11A(5): 339–343. BUGZ
Larivière, M.-C.; Fletcher, M.J.; Larochelle, A. 2010: Auchenorrhyncha (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue. Fauna of New Zealand, (63 ) ISBN 978-0-478-34720-3 (print), ISBN 978-0-478-34721-0 (online)
Myers, J.G. 1922: Life-history of Siphanta acuta (Walk.), the large green plant-hopper. New Zealand journal of science and technology, 5: 256–263. BUGZ

Links

Zicha, Ondřej et al. Siphanta acuta – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).

Siphanta acuta (also known as Fish Moth) is a plant-feeding insect in the family Flatidae; this species of planthopper is found in various parts of the world, and is sometimes called the green planthopper or the torpedo bug.[2] About 15 mm long, they resemble small leaves and are generally found in trees. Their wings are triangular, and the back edge and corners of their wings are lined with dotted red. They are known for jumping quickly from plant to plant. One of the planthopper’s main predators is the steelblue ladybird, which eats the eggs of the planthoppers.
Siphanta acuta nymph
See also

Scolypopa australis

References

Walker, Francis (1851). List of the Specimens of Homopterous Insects in the Collection of the British Museum.
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