| Hyalesthes | |
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| Hyalesthes obsoleta | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Cixiidae |
| Tribe: | Pentastirini |
| Genus: | Hyalesthes Signoret 1865 |
| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hyalesthes is a planthopper genus in the family Cixiidae. [1]
The etymology is from Greek: ὕαλος (glassy, hyaline) + ἑσθὴς (cloth, toga, robe). While Signoret originally treated the genus as masculine, as did many subsequent authors, according to the ICZN Art. 30.1.2, the name is feminine. [1]