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Lace Bug - Gargaphia albescens
Copyright © 2015 Alice Abela

Lace Bug - Gargaphia albescens
Jepson Prairie Preserve, Solano County, California, USA
May 2, 2015
Size: ~3mm
Found on alkali mallow (Malvella leprosa) in vernal pool prairie habitat

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Lace Bug - Gargaphia albescens Lace Bug - Gargaphia albescens
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Contributed by Alice Abela on 3 May, 2015 - 11:56pm
Last updated 10 May, 2015 - 3:21pm

neat!!
Moved from Lace Bugs.
… v belov, 10 May, 2015 - 3:21pm login or register to post comments

The Id looks right to me, nic
The Id looks right to me, nice find!
… Alexander Harris Knudson, 9 May, 2015 - 5:50pm login or register to post comments

Gargaphia albescens?
The species is known from the Sacremento area of California and has 3 areoles along the costal margin of the elytra and the elytra are one color. Keys out to this species in: The Genus Gargaphia Stål (Tingidae; Heteroptera) Edmund H. Gibson Transactions of the American Entomological Society (1890-) Vol. 45, No. 3 (Sep., 1919), pp. 187 201 http://www.jstor.org/stable/25077010?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents . Host plant is listed as unknown in the referenced paper. The white legs also fit with this species.
… Alice Abela, 4 May, 2015 - 7:54pm login or register to post comments

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