Lycorma meliae

Lycorma meliae is a planthopper indigenous to Taiwan.

Taxonomy and discovery

L. meliae is a species in the genus Lycorma, in the planthopper family Fulgoridae, subfamily Aphaeninae. Species within this genus are found in Asia.[1] L. meliae, along with L. olivacea, was described by Masayo Kato in Taiwan in 1929 and the species has not been reclassified since.[2] Taxonomic classification places three other species (L. delicatula, L. olivacea, and L. imperialis) as closely related to L. meliae.[3]

Lycorma meliae is native to Taiwan.[2] L. meliae and L. olivacea are the only two members of the genus restricted to Taiwan.[2]

Lycorma meliae, along with the rest of the genus Lycorma, are parasitized by the eupelmid wasp Anastatus orientalis and by Dryinus sinicus, a dryinid wasp.[4]

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