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Species Corythucha cydoniae - Hawthorn Lace Bug

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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 cydoniae (Hawthorn Lace Bug)
Explanation of Names
Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch 1861)
Size
3-4 mm
Identification
The straight posterior margin of the apical band on the hemelytra is characteristic, as well as a very elevated hood. (Laura Miller)
Range
most of the US & Canada(1)(2)
Food
hosts: various Roseaceae (Crataegus, Cotoneaster, Pyrus arbutifolia, etc.)(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs, nymphs, adult:
Internet References
Fact sheet (Mead & Fasulo 1999-2012)(3)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
3.University of Florida: Featured Creatures