[1] Originally described by Carl Linnaeus by its basionym Cicada lanata.

[2] Lystra lanata has black wings with blue spots and red sides to its head.

[3] It can be differentiated from Lystra pulverulenta by the white area of the wing being confined to an edge.

[4] A host plant of this species is the tree Simarouba amara.

[5] L. lanata was witnessed gathering in a group on this tree at a locality near where the Napo and Yagua rivers join.