Hovana Distant, 1905e

Hovana Distant 1905e: 279 .

Type species.— Hemidictya distanti Brancsik, 1893: 253 (Nossi-Bè, Madagascar) .

Remarks.—A monospecific genus containing a cicada that is a leaf mimic. The species has been used numerous times as an example of leaf mimicry (see references in Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013; Ruschel & Campos 2019; Sanborn et al. 2020)

Distribution.—The only known species is restricted to Madagascar (Metcalf 1963b; Sanborn 2013; Ruschel & Campos 2019; Sanborn et al. 2020).