Corythucha ciliata

Corythucha ciliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Tingidae
Genus: Corythucha
Species: C. ciliata
Binomial name
Corythucha ciliata
Say, 1832

Corythucha ciliata, the sycamore lace bug, is a species of lace bug Tingidae that is linked to sycamores in the New and Old Worlds.[1] It is native to the New world.

European introduction

In Europe, C. ciliata was first observed in Italy in 1964 and has since spread throughout Central and Southern Europe.[2]

References

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  1. ↑ Susan E. Halbert. "sycamore lace bug". Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry.
  2. ↑ d'Aguilar R. Pralavorio, Rabasse JM, Mouton R. 1977. Introduction en France du tigre du platane: Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Het. Tingidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 82: 1-6.
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