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Lawana
Lawana is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar confirmed placement of this genus in tribe Flatini and subtribe Lawanina. Species are recorded from tropical Africa and Asia.
15 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Lawana imitata
speciesLawana imitata

White moth cicada
speciesLawana conspersa

Lawana adscendens
speciesLawana adscendens

Lawana candida
speciesLawana candida

Lawana radiata
speciesLawana radiata

Lawana pryeri
speciesLawana pryeri

Lawana partita
speciesLawana partita

Lawana optata
speciesLawana optata

Lawana arguta
speciesLawana arguta

Lawana guttifascia
speciesLawana guttifascia

Lawana modesta
speciesLawana modesta
Lawana exaltata
speciesLawana exaltata
Lawana exsoleta
speciesLawana exsoleta
Lawana marginata
speciesLawana marginata
Lawana usambarae
speciesLawana usambarae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 205280.