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Lace Bug - Gargaphia solani
Copyright © 2003 Troy Bartlett

Lace Bug - Gargaphia solani
Chattahoochee Nat'l Rec Area, Abbots Bridge, Georgia, USA
August 20, 2003
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Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 1:09pm
Last updated 3 May, 2007 - 8:43am

Moved
Moved from Gargaphia. I think the ID + host plant information is safe enough to do so.
… Boris Büche, 3 May, 2007 - 8:43am login or register to post comments

Gargaphia, possibly solani
Slater, How to Know the True Bugs (Wm. C. Brown, 1978), has good illustrations of this family, pp. 106-117. The pronotal lobes on this genus are pointy. Most commonly found is G. solani, the "Eggplant Lace Bug", p. 112, fig 202. Slater says can be distinguished by dark brown 1st antennal segment, but I don't know if he meant genus or species. Photo of specimen, this genus at: Insects of Cedar Creek
… Cotinis, 10 March, 2004 - 10:38pm login or register to post comments

 
Confirming evidence
This page, Eggplant Lace Bug, indicates that G. solani only has a few hosts. Horsenettle (Solanum carolinense) is among them and that's where I found this one.
… Troy Bartlett, 14 March, 2004 - 8:53pm login or register to post comments

 
lace bug
Troy,
I've been studying Gargaphia solani for a number of years now so I can say with some certainty that that specimen is G. solani, especially if you found it on horsenettle. I did not know that this species occurred so far south, so that's good to know. I would be interested to know if you come across any other G. solani in the gulf states.
… Anonymous, 30 March, 2004 - 5:28pm login or register to post comments

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