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New forest cicada

Cicadetta montana (Scopoli, 1772)

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The new forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) is a species in the family Cicadidae, order Hemiptera. Source checklists list it for 36 countries, including Austria, Azerbaijan and Belgium.

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Quick facts about the new forest 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
36 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the new forest 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 new forest cicada is listed for 36 countries.

KazakhstanUzbekistanIsraelPalestineNorth KoreaSouth KoreaTajikistanKyrgyzstanSyriaSwedenUkrainePolandAustriaHungaryMoldovaRomaniaLithuaniaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaGreeceTurkeyCroatiaSwitzerlandLuxembourgBelgiumItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomAzerbaijanGeorgiaSloveniaFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaSerbia
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  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Austria
  2. Azerbaijan
  3. Belgium
  4. Bulgaria
  5. Croatia
  6. Czechia
  7. Denmark
  8. Estonia
  9. Finland
  10. Georgia
  11. Germany
  12. Greece
  13. Hungary
  14. Israel
  15. Italy
  16. Kazakhstan
  17. Kyrgyzstan
  18. Lithuania
  19. Luxembourg
  20. Moldova
  21. North Korea
  22. Palestinian Territories
  23. Poland
  24. Romania
  25. Serbia
  26. Slovakia
  27. Slovenia
  28. South Korea
  29. Sweden
  30. Switzerland
  31. Syria
  32. Tajikistan
  33. Türkiye
  34. Ukraine
  35. United Kingdom
  36. Uzbekistan

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the new forest 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 new forest cicada classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyCicadidae
  6. genusCicadetta
  7. SpeciesCicadetta montana (Scopoli, 1772)

Synonyms Cicada anglica, Cicada flavofenestrata, Cicada montana, Cicada montata, Cicada saxonica, Cicada schaefferi, Cicadetta longipenis, Cicadetta megerlei, Cicadetta montana, Cicadetta montana dimidiata, Cicadetta montana flavofenestrata, Cicadetta montana megerlei, Cicadetta montana montana, Cicadetta montana peregrina, Cicadetta montana var. longipennis, Cicadetta montanna, Melampsalta megerlei, Melampsalta montana, Melampsalta saxonica, Melampsalta schaefferi, Tettigia montana, Tettigonia dimidiata, Tettigonia montana

Other names and names in other languages (17)
  • cikáda chlumníCzech
  • Pechader-BergzikadeGerman
  • vuorilaulukaskasFinnish
  • Cigale des montagnesFrench
  • Kalninė CikadaLithuanian
  • sangsikadeNorwegian Bokmål
  • BergcicadeDutch
  • songsikadeNorwegian Nynorsk
  • цикада горнаяRussian
  • cikáda lužnáSlovak
  • gorski škržadSlovenian
  • bergscikadaSwedish
  • Цикада гірськаUkrainian
  • BergsingzikadeGerman
  • BergzikadeGerman
  • Cigalette des montagnesFrench
  • Petite cigale montagnardeFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the new forest cicada

Other species in the same genus Cicadetta.

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Common questions

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Where does the new forest cicada live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the new forest cicada for 36 countries, including Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bulgaria and Croatia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the new forest cicada?

The new forest cicada (Cicadetta montana) belongs to the family Cicadidae in the order Hemiptera.

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

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APA

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BibTeX
@misc{new_forest_cicada_2026,
  title = {New forest cicada (Cicadetta montana)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/new-forest-cicada},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}