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Fulgora
The fulgorid genus Fulgora contains several large Central and South American planthoppers known by a large variety of common names including lantern fly, peanut bug, peanut-headed lanternfly, alligator bug, machaca, and jequitiranaboia (the latter terms used in the Amazon region and elsewhere in Brazil). The nine species are mostly similar in appearance, with differences in the shape of the head (often quite subtle), and patterns of wing coloration. The most well-known and widespread of these species...
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Peanut-headed Lanternfly
speciesFulgora laternaria
Fulgora crocodilia
speciesFulgora crocodilia
Fulgora lampetis
speciesFulgora lampetis
Fulgora cearensis
speciesFulgora cearensis
Fulgora castresii
speciesFulgora castresii
Fulgora lucifera
speciesFulgora lucifera
Fulgora riograndensis
speciesFulgora riograndensis
Fulgora graciliceps
speciesFulgora graciliceps
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 83470.