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Well, technically speaking it is not a cicada.
Cicada's are the name for the members of the family Cicadidae, the one's that can make a hell of a noise in tropical area's of the world.
It is related to that family, but it belongs to the family of Issidae.
The bugs are divided in the Cicadomorpha and Fulgoromorpha.
In the Cicadomorpha you'll find the family of Cicadellidae, the real plant hoppers. This family however is in the Fulgoromorpha, just as the family Cicadidae is.
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