family Fulgoridae

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family Fulgoridae - plant hoppers: lantern flies

arthropod family - any of the arthropods

Homoptera, suborder Homoptera - plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects

lantern fly, lantern-fly - large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light

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Despite its name, the spotted lanternfly is not a fly, but belongs to the planthopper family Fulgoridae.

Some new species of the genus Mistharnophantia, Kirkaldy (Subfamily Flatinae, Family Fulgoridae, Homoptera).