Obia (planthopper)
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''Obia'' is a monotypic 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 ...
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 ...
, presently comprising a single species ''Obia tenebrosa'', known from
Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
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Genus ''Obia'' Distant, 1887


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Auchenorrhyncha genera Poiocerinae Monotypic Hemiptera genera Insects of Mexico {{Fulgoridae-stub