| Kikihia muta | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Kikihia |
| Species: | K. muta |
| Binomial name | |
| Kikihia muta | |
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Kikihia muta, commonly known as the variable cicada, is a species of cicada that is endemic to New Zealand. [2] This species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1775. [1] [3]
Their median life cycle from egg to natural adult death is around three years. [4]
There are two subspecies: [5]
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