Ag. Wheeler, A NEW HOST FOR JALYSUS-SPINOSUS (HETEROPTERA, BERYTIDAE) AND NEW HOSTFAMILY (COMMELINACEAE) FOR STILT BUGS, Entomological news, 105(4), 1994, pp. 201-203
Nymphs of the stilt bug Jalysus spinosus were observed on the densely
pubescent Tradescantia hirsuticaulis on Glassy Mountain in South Carol
ina, but they were absent from coexisting colonies of the glabrous T.
ohiensis. This host association supports the characterization of metac
anthine berytids as specialists on glandular-hairy plants. Tradescanti
a hirsuticaulis is the first member of the spiderwort family, Commelin
aceae, known to serve as a berytid host.