Sweta

Sweta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Cicadomorpha
Superfamily:	Cicadoidea
Family:	Cicadellidae
Subfamily:	Typhlocybinae
Tribe:	Dikraneurini
Genus:	Sweta; Viraktamath & Dietrich, 2011
Species:	S. hallucinata; S. bambusana;

Sweta is a genus of leafhopper in the subfamily Typhlocybinae, with two. The genus name is derived from the Sanskrit word for white, the type species S. hallucinata being predominantly whitish.[1] A second species Sweta bambusana was described from China in 2012.[2]

References

Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2931: 1–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.
Yang, Lin; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li (2012). "First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo". ZooKeys. 187: 35–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.187.2805. PMC 3345901. PMID 22577328.

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[1] Viraktamath, C.A. & Dietrich, C.H. (2011). "A remarkable new genus of Dikraneurini (Hemiptera: Cicadomorpha: Cicadellidae: Typhlocybinae) from Southeast Asia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2931: 1–7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2011.

[2] Yang, Lin; Xiang-Sheng Chen; Zi-Zhong Li (2012). "First record of the leafhopper genus Sweta Viraktamath & Dietrich (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae, Typhlocybinae) from China, with description of one new species feeding on bamboo". ZooKeys. 187: 35–43. doi:10.3897/zookeys.187.2805. PMC 3345901. PMID 22577328.