Amantia peruana is a species of lanternfly found in Peru.

Amantia peruana
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. peruana
Binomial name
Amantia peruana
Schmidt, 1910

Description edit

The head is red and the prothorax peach. The mesothorax and scutellum are brown. The eyes are red and the tegmen is black to very dark red with bright veins.[citation needed]

Subspecies edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ "TaxonPages: World Auchenorrhyncha Database - Amantia peruana Schmidt, 1910".