Darthula is a genus of treehopper and is the only Old World representative of the family

Aetalionidae Aetalionidae are a family of treehoppers in the superfamily Membracoidea. Aetalionidae are somewhat like Membracidae in that they have one to three rows of short spines on the hind tibia but differ in having the front femur fused to the trochan ...

. Two species are known from the Himalayas, '' Darthula hardwickii'' and ''

Darthula xizangensis Darthula is a genus of treehopper and is the only Old World representative of the family Aetalionidae. Two species are known from the Himalayas, ''Darthula hardwickii'' and '' Darthula xizangensis''. ''Darthula hardwickii'' is found in parts of no ...

''. ''Darthula hardwickii'' is found in parts of northeastern India and is traditionally eaten in

Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked States and union territories of India, state in the northeast India, northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the ...

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