Species Acalypta parvula

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

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 Acalypta

Species parvula (Acalypta parvula)

Explanation of Names

Acalypta parvula (Fallén 1807)

Size

~2 mm(1)

Identification

4th antennomere wider than the 3rd, the 3rd thickened at base. Usually brachypterous but the macropterous form is frequent.(1)

Range

native to Europe, adventive in our area (introduced on both the Atlantic and the Pacific coasts)(2)

Habitat

in short moss, particularly on dry soils(1)

Life Cycle

overwinters as an adult(1)

Internet References

Species page(1)

Works Cited

1.	Bantock T., Botting J. (2010‒) British Bugs, an online identification guide to UK Hemiptera

2.	Zoogeographic notes on the lace bug genus Acalypta Westwood in the Americas with description of a new species from Mexico... Froeschner R.C. 1976. American Midland Naturalist 96: 257-269.

Contributed by v belov on 5 February, 2010 - 2:32pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 28 September, 2013 - 11:22am

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