''Aloha'' is a genus of
planthopper
A planthopper is any insect in the infraorder Fulgoromorpha, in the suborder Auchenorrhyncha, a group exceeding 12,500 described species worldwide. The name comes from their remarkable resemblance to leaves and other plants of their environment ...
named by
George Willis Kirkaldy
George Willis Kirkaldy (1873 – February 2, 1910) was an English entomologist who specialised on Hemiptera. He was a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society from 1893.
Kirkaldy, born in Clapham, in Greater London to W. H. Kirkaldy of Wimbl ...
in 1904.
, ten species are recognized:
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Aloha artemisiae''
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Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha campylothecae''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha dubautiae''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha flavocollaris''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha ipomoeae''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha kirkaldyi''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha lycurgus''
—
Marquesas Islands
The Marquesas Islands (; french: Îles Marquises or ' or '; Marquesan: ' (North Marquesan) and ' (South Marquesan
Marquesan is a collection of East-Central Polynesian dialects, of the Marquesic group, spoken in the Marquesas Islands of ...
* ''
Aloha myoporicola''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha plectranthi''
— Hawai'ian Islands
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Aloha swezeyi''
— Hawai'ian Islands
References
Further reading
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Insects of Hawaii
Fauna of the Marquesas Islands
Delphacini
Taxa named by George Willis Kirkaldy
Auchenorrhyncha genera
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