Pyrops watanabei

Pyrops watanabei is a species of planthopper endemic to Taiwan.^[1][2] Pyrops atroalbus was formerly considered a subspecies; its status as a species was reinstated in 2017. P. watanabei was first described by Shōnen Matsumura in 1913 as Fulgora watanabei.

Pyrops watanabei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Auchenorrhyncha
Infraorder:	Fulgoromorpha
Family:	Fulgoridae
Genus:	Pyrops
Species:	P. watanabei
Binomial name
Pyrops watanabei (Matsumura, 1913)
Synonyms
Fulgora watanabei Matsumura, 1913 Pyrops chimara (Schumacher, 1915)

It has a yellow cephalic process with an inflated apex. The abdomen is red ventrally, and the tegmina are mainly white, with three black spots on the leading edge (costal area). The posterior wings may be completely white or have a black apical third. It is about 4 cm (1.6 in) long.

It has been recorded on the plants Triadica sebifera and Sapium discolor.^[1]