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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Orthotylinae » Orthotylini » Lopidea » Mountain Laurel Mirid (Lopidea major)

Species Lopidea major - Mountain Laurel Mirid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Lopidea major Knight - Lopidea major Red mountain laurel mirid (Lopidea major) - Lopidea major Red mountain laurel mirid (Lopidea major) - Lopidea major Red mountain laurel mirid (Lopidea major) - Lopidea major Red mountain laurel mirid (Lopidea major) - Lopidea major Red mountain laurel mirid (Lopidea major) - Lopidea major Miridae on Sophora secundiflora - Lopidea major Lopidea major Knight - Lopidea major
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Superfamily Miroidea
Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Orthotylinae
Tribe Orthotylini
Genus Lopidea
Species major (Mountain Laurel Mirid)
Explanation of Names
Lopidea major Knight 1918
Size
Holotype: 7.3 mm (Knight 1918)
Range
mostly TX Hill Country - Map (1)(2)
Food
Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora) (ABC, Miridae)
Host distribution
Life Cycle
These bugs are very gregarious and often disfigure a lot of leaves on the trees when they feed. However, they don't seem to affect the health of the plants in spite of their numbers. (ABC, Miridae)
Print References
Knight, H.H. 1918. Old and new species of Lopidea from the United States (Hemip., Miridae). Entomological News, 29: 210-216. (Full Text)
Internet References
Austin Bug Collection, Miridae - Valerie Bugh
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 11 May, 2010 - 8:10pm
Additional contributions by John Schneider, v belov
Last updated 23 February, 2023 - 12:04pm

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