HESPEROTINGIS-ILLINOIENSIS DRAKE, HOST PLANTS DISCOVERED FOR A LITTLE-KNOWN LACE BUG (HETEROPTERA, TINGIDAE)

Authors
WHEELER AG
Citation
Ag. Wheeler, HESPEROTINGIS-ILLINOIENSIS DRAKE, HOST PLANTS DISCOVERED FOR A LITTLE-KNOWN LACE BUG (HETEROPTERA, TINGIDAE), Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 96(3), 1994, pp. 533-536
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology
Journal title
Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
00138797
Volume
96
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
533 - 536
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-8797(1994)96:3<533:HDHPDF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Pennsylvania and Virginia are given as new state records of the rarely collected lace bug Hesperotingis illinoiensis Drake, and the discover y of its host plants is reported: Penstemon spp. (Scrophulariaceae). N ymphs of this univoltine tingid developed on basal leaves of P. canesc ens and P. hirsutus; overwintered eggs hatched in May and adults began to appear in June. Habitat notes and a photograph of the adult habitu s are provided.