Scientific Name: Cicadetta hackeri

Other Common Names:

Species documented in 1915 by Distant.

Description

An orange coloured cicada with a forewing length of 18 to 24 mm.

Coastal Queensland and New South Wales. Found in association with Paperbark trees (Melaleuca quinquenervia).

Diet

Miscellaneous

The paperbark cicada is active from August to May.

Found in:

NSW,QLD,

References/Bibliography:

Australian Government, 2007. Australian Faunal Directory, Department of the Environment and Water Resources. Available from: <http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/abrs/fauna/details.pl? pstrVol=CICADOIDEA;pstrTaxa=231;pstrChecklistMode=2> [Accessed 14 February 2007]

Popple, Lindsay. 31 Jan 2006. Australian cicadas: The cicadas of central eastern Australia, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Queensland. Available from: <http://152.98.200.7/ins-info/> [Accessed 14 February 2007]