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Definition: Laternaria phosphorea
lanternfly
\lanternfly\, lantern fly
\lantern fly\n. (Zo["o]l.)
any one of several species of large, handsome, brightly
marked, tropical hemipterous insects of the genera
Laternaria,
Fulgora, and allies, of the family
Fulgorid[ae]. The largest species is
Laternaria phosphorea
of Brazil. The head has a snoutlike process in
some species which was formerly thought to emit a
phosphorescent light.
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