Simona sancta

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Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Hemiptera
Simona sancta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Genus: Simona
Species:
S. sancta
Binomial name
Simona sancta
Synonyms
  • Melampsalta sancta Distant, 1913
  • Melampsalta subglusa Ashton, 1914
  • Cicadetta sancta (Distant, 1913)

Simona sancta is a species of cicada, also known as the western eremophila cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1913 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.[1][2]

The length of the forewing is 18–24 mm.[3]

Distribution and habitat

Behaviour

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