''Pyrops lathburii'' is a species of

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found in northern

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, northern

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, southern China, Laos, and

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Description and identification

''Pyrops lathburii'' is a variable species. Its head, thorax, and abdomen range from brown to black, its hindwings from yellow to white, the apex of its cephalic process from yellow to red, and the tegmen all the way from white with unmargined black spots to black or very dark with yellow, margined spots and green veins. However, it can be identified by the apex of its cephalic process, which is distinctly brightened, but without a similar pattern at two-thirds of the wings as in ''

Pyrops pythicus ''Pyrops pythicus'' is a species of true bug in the family Fulgoridae, in the genus ''Pyrops ''Pyrops'' is a genus of planthoppers that occur primarily in southeast Asia, containing about 70 species. They are fairly large insects, with much of ...

''. It was previously placed in the ''pyrorhynchus'' group; it was moved to the ''candelaria'' group because of its hindwings.

References

lathburii Insects described in 1818 Hemiptera of Asia {{Fulgoridae-stub