Lembeja vitticollis
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| Lembeja vitticollis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Lembeja |
| Species: | L. vitticollis |
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| Lembeja vitticollis | |
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Lembeja vitticollis is a species of cicada, also known as the brown leaf cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Pictilini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1912 by Australian entomologist Julian Howard Ashton.[1][2]
The specific epithet vitticollis, from Latin (“banded neck”), refers to the species’ appearance.[1][3]
