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Genus Stephanitis

leafhopper - Stephanitis pyrioides Corythucha on Vitis in Georgia - Stephanitis pyrioides Stephanitis takeyai Tingini - Stephanitis pyrioides Extremly tiny..maybe 1-2mm. Found in Connecticut.     What is it? - Stephanitis pyrioides Lacebug - Stephanitis takeyai Andromeda Lace Bug? - Stephanitis takeyai Stephanitis, maybe S. pyrioides? - Stephanitis pyrioides
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 Stephanitis
Explanation of Names
Stephanitis Stål 1873
Numbers
4 spp. (of which 2 adventive) in our area(1), all in the nominate subgenus; ~70 spp. in 4 subgenera worldwide(2)
Range
much of the world, most diverse in Eurasia(2)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.Guilbert E. (2013) Lace bugs database