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Stephanitis typicus Lacebug

Stephanitis typicus

Spotting Image 1

Description:

A pest associated with Banana and Coconut trees. Size: 2.5mm approx

Habitat:

Found this on a Lemon leaf.


1 species ID suggestions

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oxyjack
oxyjack a year ago
Lace Bug
Derephysia sp.

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YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 6 months ago

Looks like a piece of jewelry. Very beautiful!

vipin.baliga
vipin.baliga a year ago

Thanks a lot people.... :-)

Special thanks to oxyjack for all your effort and the ID help... :-)

oxyjack
oxyjack a year ago

I looked at Froeshner's Tingidae Genera of the World and found your bug's genus. I haven't found a reference for the species in India though, so genus is as close as I can get for now.

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KarenL
KarenL a year ago

What a lovely bug!

oxyjack
oxyjack a year ago

Lovely! Most people miss these because they are so small, great spotting!

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri a year ago

nice

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Spotted by vipin.baliga

Karnataka, India

Lat: 12.21, Long: 75.83

Spotted on Apr 3, 2012
Submitted on Apr 17, 2012

Spotted for missions

Reference

Tags

tingidae cimicomorpha heteroptera hemiptera insecta virajpet coorg western ghats lacebug

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