''Lycorma olivacea'' is a

planthopper A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...

indigenous to Taiwan.

Taxonomy and discovery

''Lycorma olivacea'' is a species in the genus '' Lycorma'', in the planthopper

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Fulgoridae,

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Aphaeninae The subfamily Aphaeninae is a group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics. They belong to the Fulgoridae (fulgorids), though they are not among the better-known members of that family that are called "lantern bugs" ...

. Species within this genus are found in Asia. ''L. olivacea,'' along with ''L. meliae,'' was described by

Masayo Kato was a Japanese entomologist.Ishikura, H. 1968. Memory of Dr. Masayo Kato n Japanese ''Japanese journal of entomology'' 36(2):203-205 Publications *Kato, M. 1925. Japanese Cicadidae, with descriptions of new species. '' Natural History Society o ...

in Taiwan in 1929 and the species has not been reclassified since.

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classification places three other species ('' L. delicatula'', '' L. meliae'', and '' L. imperialis'') as closely related to ''L. olivacea''.

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Aphaeninae Taxa named by Masayo Kato Insects described in 1929 {{Fulgoridae-stub

Taxonomy and discovery

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