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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 » Stephanitis » Azalea Lace Bug (Stephanitis pyrioides)

Species Stephanitis pyrioides - Azalea Lace Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited
Azalea Lace Bug - Stephanitis pyrioides Lace Bug 101 - Stephanitis pyrioides Stephanitis pyrioides Tingini - Stephanitis pyrioides Extremly tiny..maybe 1-2mm. Found in Connecticut. What is it? - Stephanitis pyrioides Stephanitis, maybe S. pyrioides? - Stephanitis pyrioides Stephanitis, maybe S. pyrioides? - Stephanitis pyrioides Lace bug - 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
Species pyrioides (Azalea Lace Bug)
Explanation of Names
Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott 1874)
Size
3.4-4 mm(1)
Range
native to E. Asia (prob. originates from Japan), adventive elsewhere, incl. NA (e. US to TX + WA-CA) and other continents(1)[Cite:185010](2)(3)
Food
azaleas (primarily evergreen ones)[Cite:185010]
Life Cycle
Can be 3 generations a year (4)
Remarks
earliest record in our area: Washington, DC 1910(2)
Print References
Fact sheets: by R. Rosetta(3), by Gyeltshen & Hodges[Cite:185010] (beware of errors)
Works Cited
1.Keys to the insects of the Far East of the USSR, Vol. 2. Homoptera and Heteroptera
Lehr, P. A., ed. 1988. Leningrad, Nauka Publishing House.
2.Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.
3.Pacific Northwest Nursery IPM Website
4.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 3 November, 2006 - 2:46pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 13 July, 2023 - 9:15am

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