Penthicodes caja (Walker, 1851)

Jiaranaisakul, K. & Constant, J., 2021, The Lanternflies of Khao Krachom Mountain, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Far Eastern Entomologist 435, pp. 7-19 : 11

Penthicodes caja (Walker, 1851)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Khao Krachom Mountain : 13°32'18.5"N, 99°12'02.6"E , h=

980 m, hill evergreen forest, on Syzygium sp. (Myrtaceae), 10.II 2020, 4♂, 1♀, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( RBMF); the same data, 22.II 2020, 1♂, 1♀, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( THNHM) .

REMARKS. As the other species in the genus Penthicodes , this one is nocturnal. All specimens were observed feeding at night on Syzygium sp. (Myrtaceae) and one additional specimen was observed resting on an unidentified plant in the family Meliaceae without

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Figures

Fig. 1. Lanternflies in nature in Khao Krachom Mountain. A, B – Aphaena aurantia,