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Evening cicada

Tanna japonensis (Distant, 1892)

Status not recordedinsects

The evening cicada (Tanna japonensis) is a species in the family Cicadidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 6 countries, including India, Japan and Laos.

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Quick facts about the evening cicada

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
6 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the evening cicada live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The evening cicada is listed for 6 countries.

LaosSouth KoreaIndiaTaiwanMalaysiaJapan
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. India
  2. Japan
  3. Laos
  4. Malaysia
  5. South Korea
  6. Taiwan

Is the evening cicada endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the evening cicada classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadidae
  6. genusTanna
  7. SpeciesTanna japonensis (Distant, 1892)

Synonyms Leptopsaltria japonica, Pomponia japonensis, Tanna japonensie, Tanna japonensis japonensis, Tanna japonensis var. kimotoi, Tanna japonensis var. nigrofusca, Tanna japonesis, Tanna japonnesis, Tanna joponensis, Tanna nipponensis, Tanna sasaii

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • HigurasiHungarian
  • カナカナJapanese
  • 저녁매미Korean
  • カナカナゼミJapanese
  • ヒグラシJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the evening cicada

Other species in the same genus Tanna.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the evening cicada live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the evening cicada for 6 countries, including India, Japan, Laos, Malaysia and South Korea. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the evening cicada?

The evening cicada (Tanna japonensis) belongs to the family Cicadidae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Evening cicada (Tanna japonensis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/evening-cicada

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BibTeX
@misc{evening_cicada_2026,
  title = {Evening cicada (Tanna japonensis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/evening-cicada},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}