Supplementary Material: 12-204 Stephanitis blatchleyi (Hemiptera: Tingidae): First Host-Plant Association for a Rarely Collected Lace Bug
Abstract
Stephanitis blatchleyi, described in 1925, is a rarely collected lace bug known only from a few localities in peninsular Florida; its host plants previously were unknown. We observed adults, nymphs, exuviae, and foliar chlorosis on the ericaceous shrub rusty lyonia (Lyonia ferruginea) at a site in Clay County, Florida, from December 2007 to October 2012. Feeding symptoms were confined to leaves of lower branches. Although the tingid was not found elsewhere in Florida on L. ferruginea (or on L. fruticosa), additional fieldwork probably will show that S. blatchleyi is more widespread than suggested by our sampling.
Stephanitis blatchleyi, especie descrita en 1925, es un chinche de encaje pocas veces colectado en unas cuantas localidades en la península de Florida; sus plantas hospederas eran desconocidas. Observamos adultos ninfas, exuvias y clorosis foliar en un arbusto de la familia de las Ericacias (Lyonia ferruginea), en un lugar en el condado de Clay, Florida, de diciembre del 2007 a Octubre de2012. Los síntomas producidos por la alimentación de este insecto se encontraron restringidos a las ramas bajeras del arbusto. A pesar de que este tίngido no se encontró en otras partes de Florida sobre L. ferruginea (o L. fruticosa), trabajo adicional de campo probablemente demuestre que S. blatchleyi tiene una distribución más amplia de lo sugerido por nuestro muestreo.
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