Chlorocysta suffusa is a species, or species complex, of cicadas, also known as marbled bottle cicadas, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Chlorocystini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1907 by English entomologist William Lucas Distant.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Marbled 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
- Purana ubina
- Orientopsaltria fuliginosa
- Aceropyga poecilochlora
- Indopurana cheeveeda
- Venustria superba
- Kikihia scutellaris
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hemiptera
- Family
- Cicadidae
- Genus
- Chlorocysta
- Species
- Chlorocysta suffusa
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