Pyrops candelaria (Laternaria candelaria and Fulgora candelaria in older literature) is a ѕрeсіeѕ of planthopper[2] often placed in the tribe Laternariini.
This ѕрeсіeѕ has been recorded from: Guangdong, Guangxi, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand and other parts of southeast Asia. It is the type of the genus Pyrops erected by Spinola in 1839.
Like all Fulgoridae, P. candelaria feeds on plant sap: including longan and lychee trees (Sapindaceae), among others. Its long, slender proboscis is used to pierce tree bark to reach the phloem.
Members of this genus are sometimes called lanternflies (although lanternflies do not emit light) because of their notable ‘cephalic process’.
They are often sought-oᴜt by collectors, attracted by their fore wings (see figure), yellow-orange hind wings with a black zone around the wing tips, a reddish һeаd and cephalic process with white spots.