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Sweta

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Infraorder
  
Cicadomorpha

Family
  
Cicadellidae

Scientific name
  
Sweta hallucinata

Higher classification
  
Leafhopper

Order
  
True bugs

Suborder
  
Auchenorrhyncha

Superfamily
  
Cicadoidea

Subfamily
  
Typhlocybinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Leafhopper, True bugs, Auchenorrhyncha, Cicadomorpha, Insect

Sweta is a genus of leafhopper in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with two. The genus name is derived from the Sanskrit word for white, the type species S. hallucinata being predominantly whitish. A second species Sweta bambusana was described from China in 2012.

References

Sweta Wikipedia