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Chrysanthemum Lace Bug (Corythucha marmorata)
Species
Corythucha marmorata
- Chrysanthemum Lace Bug
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
Tingidae (Lace Bugs)
Subfamily
Tinginae
Tribe
Tingini
Genus
Corythucha
Species
marmorata
(Chrysanthemum Lace Bug)
Explanation of Names
Corythucha marmorata
(Uhler 1878)
marmorata
'marbled'
Size
3.2-3.4 mm
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1
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Identification
Very pale, easily recognized by largely opaque whitish ground color; brown spots usually vague and ill-defined.
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1
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Range
throughout the US & so. Canada; e. Asia [
map
]
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1
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2
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Food
hosts: various Asteraceae; reported from
Solidago, Aster, Ambrosia, Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Echinops
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3
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Life Cycle
Eggs with leaf damage; nymphs; adult:
Remarks
One of the most abundant lace bugs; may damage chrysanthemums
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1
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Works Cited
1.
How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.
Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.
Contributed by
Tony DiTerlizzi
on 10 May, 2006 - 2:02pm
Additional contributions by
Beatriz Moisset
,
Bbarnd
,
Mike Quinn
,
v belov
,
Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 3 September, 2021 - 11:19am