Gaeana

Gaeana is a genus of cicadas, most members of which have colourful marking on their forewings, found across tropical and temperate Asia. Their bright wing patterns have been hypothesized as being a case of Batesian mimicry where the toxic models may be day-flying moths of the families Zygaenidae and Arctiidae.[1][2] It is closely related to the genus Tosena but is differentiated by the exposed tympanum and lacks spines on the sides of the pronotum.[3]

Gaeana
Gaena festiva
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Family:
Cicadidae
Tribe:
Gaeanini
Genus:
Gaeana

Amyot & Serville, 1843
Species
  • G. annamensis
  • G. atkinsoni
  • G. cheni
  • G. chinensis
  • G. consobrina
  • G. consors
  • G. electa
  • G. festiva
  • G. hageni
  • G. laosensis
  • G. maculata
  • G. nigra
  • G. paviei
  • G. stellata
  • G. sulphurea
  • G. sultana
  • G. tenebricosa
  • G. vitalisi

References
  1. Yen, Shen-Horn; Gaden S. Robinson; Donald L. J. Quicke (2005). "Phylogeny, systematics and evolution of mimetic wing patterns of Eterusia moths (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae)". Systematic Entomology. 30 (3): 358–397. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2004.00284.x.
  2. Green, EE (1910). "Remarkable mimetic resemblance between a Cicadid and an Arctiid moth". J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 10: 882–883.
  3. Distant, W.L. (1892). A monograph of the Oriental Cicadidae. Calcutta: Indian Museum. p. 104.


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