Species Pettya anemolua Kirkaldy, 1906
Compiler and date details
14 March 2012 - Murray J. Fletcher
- Pettya anemolua Kirkaldy, G.W. 1906. Leafhoppers and their natural enemies. Bulletin of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association Experimental Station Entomological Series 1(9): 271-479 [343].
Type data:
Syntype(s) BPBM sex, quantity unknown (coll.: viii.1904), Cairns, Queensland.
Introduction
The identity of this species needs to be confirmed by examination of the type material and, hopefully, designation of a male lectotype. It is currently recorded only from the type locality in the wet tropics of North Queensland.
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known only from type locality.
Australian Endemic.
IBRA
Qld: Wet Tropics (WT)
Ecological Descriptors
All stages: parenchyma feeder.
Diagnosis
Head pale luteous; frons and clypeus with an orange tint, genae testaceous, eyes grey. Pronotum and scutellum greyish white, the former closelv reticulate with greyish-brown. Tegmina and wings milk-white hyaline, tegminal costa pale yellow. Tergites black, one or two segments partly pale; beneath pallid, more or less black laterally. Legs orange yellow. Length: 6 mm, width 1 1/8 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 [343]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Dec-2019 | 26-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |