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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 12 years ago
Lace Bug
Derephysia sp.


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6 Comments

YukoChartraw
YukoChartraw 11 years ago

Looks like a piece of jewelry. Very beautiful!

vipin.baliga
vipin.baliga 12 years ago

Thanks a lot people.... :-)

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

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years 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 12 years ago

What a lovely bug!

oxyjack
oxyjack 12 years ago

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

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

nice

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vipin.baliga
Spotted by
vipin.baliga

Karnataka, India

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

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