Psaltoda plaga

Black Prince Cicada at Ballyroe, NSW

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Identification history

	Psaltoda plaga	29 Mar 2025	lpopple
	Psaltoda moerens	29 Mar 2025	TwoRivers

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lpopple wrote:

29 Mar 2025

Both Psaltoda plaga and Psaltoda moerens are likely to occur in the area of this observation. This individual is a female Psaltoda plaga. It differs from moerens most conspicuously by the lack of infuscations along the veins of the outer apical area of the forewings (the infuscations in this example are restricted to the overlying veins at the bases of apical cells 2 and 3, which is typical of Psaltoda plaga).

TwoRivers wrote:

29 Mar 2025

Great, thank you. Stand corrected. Will amend my records.

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Location information

Places Ballyroe, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
TwoRivers Recorded by
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TwoRivers NatureMapr Central West NSW Cicadas (Hemiptera, Cicadoidea) Insects

Additional information

Robber fly had captured it Associated animal
50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Psaltoda plaga Scientific name
Black Prince Cicada Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 208.5m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning

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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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