Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

Jiaranaisakul, K. & Constant, J., 2021, The Lanternflies of Khao Krachom Mountain, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Far Eastern Entomologist 435, pp. 7-19 : 12-13

Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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MATERIAL EXAMINED. Khao Krachom Mountain : 13°34'07.1"N, 99°11'46.0"E ,

h= 920 m, dry evergreen forest mixed with secondary forest, on Schima wallichii (DC.)

Korth. ( Theaceae ), 23.VII 2019, 1♀, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( THNHM); 13°33'05.2"N,

099°12'16.3"E, h= 630 m, dry evergreen forest, on Dimocarpus longan Lour. (Sapindaceae) ,

15.XI 2019, 1♂: leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( RBMF) .

REMARKS. The recorded host plants of this species are Dimocarpus longan (Sapindaceae) , Litchi chinensis Sonn. (Sapindaceae) , Mangifera indica L. ( Anacardiaceae ) and

Nephelium longana (Lam.) Cambess. (Sapindaceae) (Kershaw & Kirkaldy, 1910; Constant et al., 2016). We also found it on Schima wallichii (Theaceae) (new host plant record).

8.IV 2013 (© S. Ruchisansakul); C – Pyrops itoi tended by ants, 27.VII 2020 (© B.

Wongdee); D, E – Pyrops spinolae on host plant: D – feeding on Pometia pinnata Forst.

(Sapindaceae), 5.IX 2017; E – on Balakata baccata (Roxb.) Esser (Euphorbiaceae) , 19.VI

2019; F, G – Pyrops viridirostris , 9.VI 2020; H – Saiva gemmata , 20.IV 2020; I–L – Zanna nobilis : I – adults on unidentified vine, 10.II 2020; J – adults and nymphs at night, 10.II

2020; K – molting, 23.II 2020; L – mating, 23.II 2020.

Figures

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