Yoyetta australicta is a species of cicada, also known as the southern ticking ambertail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 2022 by Australian entomologists Lindsay Popple and David L. Emery.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Southern Ticking Ambertail being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Yoyetta robertsonae
- Yoyetta humphreyae
- Yoyetta subalpina
- Yoyetta repetens
- Yoyetta hunterorum
- Pauropsalta mneme
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Yoyetta
- Species
- Yoyetta australicta
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