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Pyrops candelaria (Laternaria candelaria and Fulgora candelaria in older literature) is a species of planthopper that lives in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia. It is the type of the genus Pyrops erected by Spinola in 1839. Members of this genus are sometimes called lanternflies (although lanternflies do not emit light). Like all Fulgoridae, P. candelaria feeds on plant sap: including longan and lychee trees (Sap

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• iNat taxon page
• 3I World Auchenorrhyncha Database
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Pyrops candelaria (Linnaeus, 1758)

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