Insect with 'almost completely unknown' biology found in remote rainforest

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The insect is so rare that the most recent sighting of a similar species was made in a different country in 1969.

The insect is so rare that its closet relative, another kind of leafhopper insect, was last seen in 1969 in the Central African Republic.

"Leafhoppers of this genus, and the wider tribe, are very unusual in appearance, and are rarely found. In fact, they are so incredibly rare that their biology remains almost completely unknown, and we know almost nothing aboutthe new species I found, including what plants it feeds on or its role in the local ecosystem," he said.

"There are some wonderful places, like the Kibale National Park in Uganda, where wildlife will survive, but outside national parks and reserves, the amount of rainforest that has been cleared in the tropics is devastating.

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