Phromnia rosea is a type of flashlight from the Flatidae family. Endemic of Madagascar .
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Mimicry
This species has a bright pink color and the shape of the body resembles a flower petal.
Sitting on the stem of the plant Phromnia rosea , are placed in a certain order, creating an "inflorescence" - mimicry, as a way of protection from potential predators. The accumulations of imago of this species can be confused with a multitude of buds of still unopened flowers.
The nymphs are wingless and covered with a white wax coating, at the end of the abdomen there are a lot of long white outgrowths directed in different directions, formed by the same wax substance. Thanks to such wax growths, nymphs from afar look like white flowers - also mimicry . This substance is secreted by special glands on the abdomen and other parts of the body.
Females of this species also secrete a similar substance for fixing the eggs of their laying on forage plants.