''Lystra'' is a genus of
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 ...
s in the family
Fulgoridae
The family Fulgoridae is a large group of hemipteran insects, especially abundant and diverse in the tropics, containing over 125 genera worldwide. They are mostly of moderate to large size, many with a superficial resemblance to Lepidoptera due t ...
, subfamily
Poiocerinae
The subfamily Poiocerinae include Hemipteran insects in the family Fulgoridae, found especially in the tropics.
Tribes and genera
The ''Fulgoromorpha Lists On the Web'' (FLOW) includes four tribes:
Diloburini
Auth. Metcalf, 1938 (central & ...
. Species are distributed from
North America
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to
Brazil
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.
[FLOW: genus ''Lystra'']
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Species
* '' Lystra cerifera'' Villada, 1881
* '' Lystra lanata'' (Linnaeus, 1758)
* '' Lystra pulverulenta'' (Olivier, 1791)
* '' Lystra striatula'' (Fabricius, 1794)
References
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Auchenorrhyncha genera
Poiocerinae