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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 » Rhododendron Lace Bug (Stephanitis rhododendri)

Species Stephanitis rhododendri - Rhododendron Lace Bug

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Lace Bug - Stephanitis rhododendri Lace Bug - Stephanitis rhododendri Lace Bug - Stephanitis rhododendri Lace Bug - Stephanitis rhododendri Lace Bug - Stephanitis rhododendri
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 rhododendri (Rhododendron Lace Bug)
Explanation of Names
Stephanitis rhododendri Horváth 1905
Size
3-3.7 mm(1)
Range
native: New England to FL and west at least to OH; also known from the Pacific Coast(1)
Food
hosts: Rhododendron spp. and mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia)(1)
Life Cycle
Overwinters as eggs. At least 2 generations per year (2)
Remarks
often a pest on cultivated plants growing in open sunny places(1); common along the East Coast(3)
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.
2.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
3.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.
Contributed by v belov on 7 February, 2014 - 11:25am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 13 July, 2023 - 9:14am

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