''Lystra'' is a genus of

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. Species are distributed from

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.FLOW: genus ''Lystra''
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Species

* '' Lystra cerifera'' Villada, 1881 * '' Lystra lanata'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Lystra pulverulenta'' (Olivier, 1791) * '' Lystra striatula'' (Fabricius, 1794)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10571735 Hemiptera of Central America Auchenorrhyncha genera Poiocerinae