CicadaCicada Index Desert Screamer (Burbunga hillieri) Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) Masked Devil (Cyclochila australasiae) Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) Razor Grinder (Henicopsaltria eydouxii) White Drummer (Arunta perulata)
Aleeta curvicosta is the only species in the genus Aleeta. Commonly known as the Floury Baker or Floury Miller, it is one of Australia’s most familiar cicadas. A solitary cicada seen on the eastern coastline, it has a loud call and a distinctive appearance
The Floury Baker is found on a variety of trees, and seem to have a preference for species of paperbark (Melaleuca).
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Informal: Pterygotes
- Order: Hemiptera
- Suborder: Auchenorrhyncha
- Infraorder: Cicadomorpha
- Superfamily: Cicadoidea
- Family: Cicadidae
- Subfamily: Cicadettinae
- Tribe: Taphurini
- Genus: Aleeta
- Species: Aleeta curvicosta
Footnote & References
- Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) © Tony Eales
- Aleeta curvicosta (Germar, 1834), Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Aleeta curvicosta
CicadaCicada Index Desert Screamer (Burbunga hillieri) Floury Baker (Aleeta curvicosta) Green Grocer (Cyclochila australasiae) Masked Devil (Cyclochila australasiae) Orange Drummer (Thopha colorata) Razor Grinder (Henicopsaltria eydouxii) White Drummer (Arunta perulata)
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