Ricania speculum

Ricania speculum can reach a length of about 8 millimetres (0.31 in), with a wingspan of about 15 millimetres (0.59 in). These planthoppers have dark brown wings with central wavy horizontal bands and irregular transparent patches of different sizes.^[9][10] The precostal area of the forewings shows dense transverse veinlets and the costal margin is distinctly convex near the base.^[4] In males the tip of the abdomen is pointed, while in females is rounded. The final instar nymphs are white with dark brown markings and waxy secretions on the abdomen.^[11]

These insects feed on sap that they suck from the leaves of the host plants. Ricania speculum has a single generation per year. The eggs overwinter in the bark of the branches waiting for the spring hatching.

• Lin Jiang, Zhang Ya-Lin e Wang Ying-Lun A comparative study on the female reproductive system of four species of the Fulgoroidea (Hemiptera) Archived 2015-01-07 at the Wayback Machine Acta zootaxonomica Sinica, vol. 36, nº 3, Pechino, Beijing Kexin Printing Co., Ltd., 2011

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