Species Stephanitis pyrioides - Azalea Lace Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Works Cited

Wing-necked flying thing - Stephanitis pyrioides

Stephanitis pyrioides - Azalea Lace Bug - Stephanitis pyrioides

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Tingidae (Lace Bugs)

Tribe Tingini

Genus Stephanitis

Species pyrioides (Azalea Lace Bug)

Explanation of Names

Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott)

Size

3.4-4 mm(1)

Range

native to E. Asia, adventive elsewhere, incl. NA (e. US to TX + WA-CA) and other continents(1)(2)(3)

Food

azaleas (primarily evergreen ones)(2)

Print References

Fact sheets: by R. Rosetta(3), by Gyeltshen & Hodges(2) (beware of errors)

Works Cited

1.	Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera By Lehr, P. A., ed.

2.	U. of Florida and Dep. of Agriculture Website

3.	Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM Website

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 November, 2006 - 2:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov
Last updated 21 May, 2012 - 8:16am

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