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Species Leptoypha mutica - Fringetree Lace Bug


Key to the Nearctic species of Leptoypha and Leptostyla (Heteroptera Tingidae)
By McAtee W.L.
Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 12: 55-64, 1917

Leptoypha elliptica McAtee and L. ilicis Drake (Hemiptera: Tingidae): new distribution records of seldom-collected lace bugs...
By Wheeler A.G.
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 104: 687-691, 2002
Full title: Leptoypha elliptica McAtee and L. ilicis Drake (Hemiptera: Tingidae): new distribution records of seldom-collected lace bugs, with clarification of host-plant relationships
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Concerning some Tingitidae from the Gulf States (Heteroptera).
By Drake CJ
The Florida Entomologist, 9(3): 36–39., 1925
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Drake CJ (1925) Concerning some Tingitidae [sic] from the Gulf States (Heteroptera). The Florida Entomologist, 9(3): 36–39.

Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae)
By Drake, C.J. & F.A Ruhoff
Bulletin of the United States National Museum, (243): 1-634, 57 plates, 6 figures, 1965
Very useful hosts list for each species.
Available on line (free) here http://hdl.handle.net/10088/10084

The Tingitoidea of Ohio (Ohio Biological Survey Bulletin: volume 2 number 4-Bulletin 8)
By Osborn, Herbert, and Drake, Carl John
Ohio State University, 1916
Though older, this reference has keys and lots of illustrations. Available from:
-Googlebooks
-archive.org

A synopsis of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of America north of Mexico
By Torre-Bueno J.R. de la
Entomol. Amer. 19: 141‒304 & 21: 41‒122, 1939
Full text (parts of v.19‒20 & v.21‒22)

True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics
By Panizzi A.R., Grazia J., eds.
Springer. xxii+901 pp., 2015

True bugs of the world (Hemiptera, Heteroptera): classification and natural history
By Schuh R.T., Weirauch C.
Siri Scientific Press, Manchester. 800 pp., 2020