Corythucha
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| Genus: | Corythucha Stal, 1873
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Corythucha is a large genus of lace bug Tingidae that is primarily distributed in the New World, especially North America. The genus includes pest species such as the “cotton or bean lace bug" (C. gossypii)[1] as well as species that provide maternal care, such as C. hewitti (Drake)[2]
Partial species list
- Corythucha aesculi O. & D.
- Corythucha arcuata
- Corythucha ciliata
- Corythucha cydoniae
- Corythucha elegans, the willow lace bug
- Corythucha gossypii (Fabricius)
- Corythucha hewitti
- Corythucha tuthilli Drake
References
- ^ Laura T. Miller and Walter T. Nagamine. "First Records of Corythucha gossypii (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Hawaii, Including Notes on Host Plants" (PDF). Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Society 2005 37:85-88.
- ^ Faeth. "Maternal Care in a Lace Bug Corythucha hewitti (Hemiptera: Tingidae)" (PDF). Psyche 96:101-110 1989.