Yoyetta kershawi

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Yoyetta kershawi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Yoyetta
Species:
Y. kershawi
Binomial name
Yoyetta kershawi
(Goding & Froggatt, 1904) [1]
Synonyms
  • Melampsalta kershawiGoding & Froggatt, 1904
  • Cicadetta kershawi (Goding & Froggatt, 1904)

Yoyetta kershawi is a species of cicada, also known as the Victorian firetail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt. [1]

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Description

The length of the forewing is 28–35 mm. [2]

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-eastern Australia from Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales southwards across much of eastern Victoria, with an isolated population in the Great Otway National Park. The associated habitat is cool temperate eucalypt forest. [2]

Behaviour

Adults appear from late November to January. [2]

References

  1. 1 2 Goding, FW; Froggatt, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561–670.
  2. 1 2 3 "Victorian Firetail Yoyetta kershawi (Goding and Froggatt, 1904)". A web guide to the cicadas of Australia. Popple Creative Industries. 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-15.


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