Yoyetta kershawi
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Auchenorrhyncha |
| Family: | Cicadidae |
| Genus: | Yoyetta |
| Species: | Y. kershawi
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| Binomial name | |
| Yoyetta kershawi | |
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Yoyetta kershawi is a species of cicada, also known as the Victorian firetail, in the true cicada family, Cicadettinae subfamily and Cicadettini tribe. The species is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1904 by entomologists Frederic Webster Goding and Walter Wilson Froggatt.[1]
Description
The length of the forewing is 28–35 mm.[2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-eastern Australia from Batemans Bay in southern New South Wales southwards across much of eastern Victoria, with an isolated population in the Great Otway National Park. The associated habitat is cool temperate eucalypt forest.[2]
Behaviour
Adults appear from late November to January.[2]
References
- ^ a b Goding, FW; Froggatt, WW (1904). "Monograph of the Australian Cicadidae". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 29 (3): 561–670.
- ^ a b c "Victorian Firetail Yoyetta kershawi (Goding and Froggatt, 1904)". A web guide to the cicadas of Australia. Popple Creative Industries. 2025. Retrieved 2025-11-15.