Species Kaha perfecta Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
13 January 2011 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Kaha perfecta Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [434].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unkown (coll.: viii.1904), Cairns, Queensland.
Introduction
This species was described from the wet tropics of North Queensland. The function of the enlarged sensoria of the antennae is unknown.
Distribution
States
Queensland
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
Adult: phloem feeder.
Extra Ecological Information
Nymph may be fungal feeder
Diagnosis
Testaceous, more or less infuscate; pronotum and scutellum pale castaneous, polished. Underside more or less sordid testaceous, abdomen blackish, posterior-margin of each segment pallid. Tegmina hyaline, more or less infuscate, costal cell apically chequered sanguineous and white; veins on apical half of tegmina sanguineous. Length 5 mm (Kirkaldy 1906)
Diagnosis References
Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [434]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2011 | 28-Jan-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |