Signoretiinae

Range: Afrotropical and Oriental.

Known diversity: 2 genera, 25 species.

Ecology: On herbs in moist tropical habitats.

Diagnosis: Medium-sized pale cylindrical leafhoppers; head produced, crown with well developed submarginal carina, ocelli near margin of crown just laterad of carina, frontoclypeus inflated; pronotum foveate, extended to scutellar suture; forewing vein R two branched, r-m1 absent; hind femur macrosetal formula 2+0, tibia with macrosetal row PD reduced or absent.

Similar to: Evacanthinae, Phlogisinae, Typhlocybinae.

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