Sweta

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Sweta hallucinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
Superfamily: Cicadoidea
Family: Cicadellidae
Subfamily: Typhlocybinae
Tribe: Dikraneurini
Genus: Sweta
Viraktamath & Dietrich, 2011
Species: S. hallucinata
Binomial name
Sweta hallucinata
Viraktamath & Dietrich, 2011

Sweta hallucinata is a species of leafhopper in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, the only species so far identified in the genus Sweta. The genus name is derived from the Sanskrit word for white, the type species being predominantly whitish.[1]

References

  1. Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia". Zootaxa 2931: 17. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. 



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