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Chlorochara

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Chlorochara
Chlorochara vivida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Fulgoromorpha
Family: Acanaloniidae
Genus: Chlorochara
Stål, 1869
Species:
C. vivida
Binomial name
Chlorochara vivida
(Fabricius, 1775)
Subspecies
  • Chlorochara vivida vivida (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Chlorochara vivida avivida Caldwell & Martorell, 1951

Chlorochara is a genus of planthoppers belonging to the family Acanaloniidae and contains one species, Chlorochara vivida, and two subspecies. It can be found in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Suriname.[1][2] They are green in color and with their whitish wing veins, they resemble a leaf.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Planthoppers: FLOW Website". flow.hemiptera-databases.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  2. ^ "Chlorochara Stål, 1869". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-02-16.
  3. ^ Johnson, Lisa (2022-07-02). "Chlorochara vivida". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-02-16.