Atrapsalta furcilla Owen & Moulds, 2016 is a animal in the Cicadidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Atrapsalta furcilla Owen & Moulds, 2016

Atrapsalta furcilla Owen & Moulds, 2016

Atrapsalta furcilla is a 14-18mm forewing species found in cool highland eucalypt forests of southeastern Australia.

Family
Genus
Atrapsalta
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Atrapsalta furcilla Owen & Moulds, 2016

This species, Atrapsalta furcilla, was first described by Owen & Moulds in 2016. Its forewings measure between 14 and 18 millimeters in length. Atrapsalta furcilla is distributed across the cooler highland regions of south-eastern Australia. Its range extends from Clandulla in New South Wales, through the Australian Capital Territory and most of eastern and southern Victoria, to extreme south-eastern South Australia, and also includes Tasmania. To date, only one individual of this species has been sighted in the Mount Lofty Ranges. The habitat this species is associated with is cool temperate eucalypt forests.

Photo: (c) Korinne McDonnell, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Korinne McDonnell · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Cicadidae Atrapsalta

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