Chlorocysta vitripennis is a species of cicada, also known as the lesser bottle cicada, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Chlorocystini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1851 by English entomologist John Obadiah Westwood.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Small Bottle Cicada 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
- Glaucopsaltria viridis
- Gymnotympana varicolor
- Kikihia ochrina
- Guineapsaltria flava
- Dundubia rufivena
- Dundubia vaginata
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Chlorocysta
- Species
- Chlorocysta vitripennis
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