Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842)

Jiaranaisakul, K. & Constant, J., 2021, The Lanternflies of Khao Krachom Mountain, Ratchaburi Province, Thailand (Hemiptera: Fulgoromorpha: Fulgoridae), Far Eastern Entomologist 435, pp. 7-19 : 14

Pyrops spinolae (Westwood, 1842) (new country record)

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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 Balakata baccata (Roxb.) Esser (Euphorbiaceae) , VI

2019, 1♂, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( RBMF); the same data, on Pometia pinnata Forst. (Sapindaceae) , 19.XI 2019, 1♀, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( RBMF); the same data, on Pometia pinnata

Forst. ( Sapindaceae ), 23.III 2020, 1♂, leg. K. Jiaranaisakul ( RBMF) .

REMARKS. Observed specimens confirm Pometia pinnata (Sapindaceae) as a host tree for this species (new host plant record). One specimen was collected on Balakata baccata

(Euphorbiaceae) but more obsevation are needed to confirm this potential host plant.

Figures

Fig. 2. Lanternflies in nature in Khao Krachom Mountain. A, B – Pyrops connectens,