Bug FAQLitchi Lantern Bug
Pyrops candelaria · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Fulgoridae
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The Litchi Lantern Bug has yellow-orange hind wings with a dark border at the tips, a reddish head and a long cephalic process marked with white spots. It occurs in parts of southeast Asia such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand. Adults feed on plant sap, especially from longan and lychee trees, using their elongated proboscis.
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How to recognize it
Yellow-orange hind wings with a black border near the tips, a reddish head and a long cephalic process that has white spots.
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Where it lives
It is the type species of the genus Pyrops, a group erected by Spinola in 1839. Members of this genus are called lanternflies because of their prominent cephalic process, although they do not emit light.
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What it eats
Feeds on plant sap, including that of longan and lychee trees (family Sapindaceae). Uses its long proboscis to tap tree sap and helps recycle nutrients in tropical forests.
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Lookalikes
Like other Pyrops species, it is called a lanternfly because of its striking head process, not because it glows.
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Questions people ask
What does the Litchi Lantern Bug eat?
It sucks sap from trees such as longan and lychee using its long proboscis.
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Where can I find this bug?
It has been recorded in several southeast Asian regions, including Guangdong, Guangxi, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos and Thailand.
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Why is it called a lanternfly?
The name comes from its prominent cephalic process, not from any light-producing ability.
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Same family (Fulgoridae)
Sources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrops_candelaria
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