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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