Aola

This article is about the genus of cicadas. For the similar plant name, see Phyllanthus emblica.

Aola is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Dundubiini, typical of the subtribe Aolina; it was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1905.^[1] The single species Aola bindusara (Distant, 1881) has been recorded from Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indochina.^[2] It was long placed in the genus Haphsa until being restored in 2025.^[3]

Aola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Family:	Cicadidae
Subtribe:	Aolina
Genus:	Aola Distant, 1905
Species:	A. bindusara
Binomial name
Aola bindusara (Distant, 1881)
Synonyms
Haphsa bindusura [sic] (Distant, 1881) Chremistica ochracea (Boulard, 2005) non Walker, 1850