Western Tiger
Kobonga sp. (cf. apicata)
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Species number (TNS):
192.
Fore wing length:
21–24 mm.
Distribution and seasonality:
Northern Inland New South
Wales from Tilpa east to Wee
Waa and north to near Mungindi
(https://www.inaturalist.org/observ
ations/69234263). Adults occur
from November to January.
Notable localities:
Brewarrina.
Habitat:
Open woodland.
Calling song and behaviour:
A soft, rapid phrase of ticks,
regularly interspersed with a
metallic "ziit". Adults sit on the
upper branches of wattles,
including Cooba (Acacia
stenophylla).
Similar species:
Clear-winged Brigalow Cicada;
Gidyea Cicada.
Habitat
dr-pop.net database record
Currently known extent
Female
