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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Lace Bugs (Tingidae) » Tinginae » Tingini » Gargaphia » Linden Lace Bug (Gargaphia tiliae)

Species Gargaphia tiliae - Linden Lace Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited

lacebug in mesic woodland - Gargaphia tiliae

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 Gargaphia

Species tiliae (Linden Lace Bug)

Other Common Names

Basswood Lace Bug

Explanation of Names

Gargaphia tiliae (Walsh 1864)

tiliae = 'of linden/basswood'

Size

4-5 mm(1)

Range

e. Canada (NB-ON)(2), e. US west to CO-AZ, Mexico(3)

Food

host: Linden (Basswood)

Life Cycle

There are 2 generations per year (4)

Remarks

caused severe browning of Basswood in Canada(5)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

3.	Guilbert E. (2013) Lace bugs database

4.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

5.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

Contributed by Stephen_WV on 28 July, 2006 - 1:50pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 July, 2023 - 9:15am

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