Ayuthia spectabile

Ayuthia spectabile
Ayuthia spectabile in Perak, Malaysia
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
Family: Cicadidae
Subfamily: Cicadinae
Tribe: Ayuthiini
Genus: Ayuthia
Species:
A. spectabile
Binomial name
Ayuthia spectabile
Distant, 1919
Synonyms

Aguthia Moulton, 1923

Ayuthia spectabile, the only species in the monotypic genus Ayuthia, is commonly known as the milky cicada or white ghost cicada, belongs to the subfamily Cicadinae; the genus was previously in the tribe Tosenini, but recent studies have placed it in the tribe Ayuthiini Moulds, Lee, and Marshall, 2021, together with another monotypic genus Distantalna.