Penthicodes pulchellus

Penthicodes pulchellus^[1] is a species of planthoppers in the subfamily Aphaeninae (Fulgoridae): found in southern India, Indo-China and Malesia.^[2] It belongs to the subgenus Ereosoma Kirkaldy, 1906.^[3][4] The genus name was formerly treated as feminine, but in 2022 it was revised to masculine in accordance with ICZN Article 30.1.4.4,^{[note 1]} changing the spelling of this species' name from pulchella to pulchellus.^[5]

Penthicodes pulchellus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Subfamily:	Aphaeninae
Tribe:	Aphaenini
Genus:	Penthicodes
Species:	P. pulchellus
Binomial name
Penthicodes pulchellus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838)
Synonyms
Aphaena pulchella Guérin-Méneville, 1838[1]