A paper detailing its discovery was published in Zootaxa, written by Morris and co-authored by Illinois Natural History Survey entomologist Christopher Dietrich.

[1] Morris started studying the species in 2012, when he received it along with trays of various unidentified types of treehoppers from the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

"[3] Kaikaia gaga is a darkish purple and red with two horns jutting out the top, which have been compared to shoulder pads.

Kaikaia lacks cucullate setae of the mesothoracic femora, which are present in the Boocerini and to some extent, the Platycentrini.

The new genus also has an additional m-cu crossvein in the forewing, as well as a frontoclypeal shape and overall appearance similar to Platycentrus Stål.