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]