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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Hoppers (Auchenorrhyncha) » Planthoppers (Fulgoromorpha) » Fulgoroidea » Fulgorid Planthoppers (Fulgoridae) » Aphaeninae » Lycorma » Spotted Lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula)

Species Lycorma delicatula - Spotted Lanternfly

Classification · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Lycorma delicatula (White) mating - Lycorma delicatula - male - female

spotted lantern fly invader - Lycorma delicatula

Spotted Lantern Fly. - Lycorma delicatula

Spotted lantern fly nymphs… - Lycorma delicatula

Black insect with white spots on milkweed stem - Lycorma delicatula

resting on metal pool railing - Lycorma delicatula

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)

Superfamily Fulgoroidea

Family Fulgoridae (Fulgorid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Aphaeninae

Genus Lycorma

Species delicatula (Spotted Lanternfly)

Explanation of Names

Lycorma delicatula (White 1845)

Range

NY-GA;MI-TN (DE, NY, VA, GA); Native to China, India, Japan and Vietnam; invasive in Korea and in our area(1).

Food

Uses the tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima) as its primary host but is known to feed on 103 plants—of which 56 are present in North America - Entomology Today

Life Cycle

Interesting post on iNaturalist here

Remarks

Report CT sightings here

Report DE sightings here (Instructions in "How Can You Help?" section)

Report PA sightings here

earliest NA record: PA 2014(1)

Report NJ sightings here

Report NY sightings here (Link to form at the top of the page)

Report MD sightings here (Email and phone at the bottom of the page)

Report GA sightings here (Link to invasive species reporting tool on page)

Report IL sightings here

Print References

Kim J.G., Lee E.-H., Seo Y.-M., Kim N.-Y. (2011) Cyclic behavior of Lycorma delicatula (Insecta: Hemiptera: Fulgoridae) on host plants. J. Insect Behav. 24: 423-435. (Full text)

Internet References

genus page(1)

Fact sheet (Canadian Food Inspection 2016)

Pest profile (Dara 2014)

Spotted Lanternfly Control Tips

Works Cited

1.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

Contributed by Ken Wolgemuth on 3 November, 2014 - 6:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, Edward Ruden, metrioptera, hg, antarctica, Tyler Hedlund, Nathaniel Green, chuuuuung
Last updated 12 December, 2024 - 8:16am

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