Penthicodes pulchellus
Species of planthopper
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Penthicodes pulchellus[1] is a species of planthoppers in the subfamily Aphaeninae (Fulgoridae): found in southern India, Indo-China and Malesia.[2] It belongs to the subgenus Ereosoma Kirkaldy, 1906.[3][4] The genus name was formerly treated as feminine, but in 2022 it was revised to masculine in accordance with ICZN Article 30.1.4.4,[note 1] changing the spelling of this species' name from pulchella to pulchellus.[5]
| Penthicodes pulchellus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Infraorder: | Fulgoromorpha |
| Family: | Fulgoridae |
| Subfamily: | Aphaeninae |
| Tribe: | Aphaenini |
| Genus: | Penthicodes |
| Species: | P. pulchellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Penthicodes pulchellus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Aphaena pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838[1] | |
