Fact sheets in this tool describe 50 genera of lace bugs, but they also include photos and interception information for many more species within those genera.
While a fair number of Tingidae are intercepted at U.S. ports of entry, about 46% of the species make up most of the named records. 74 taxa listed in USDA’s pest interception databases (see chart below) comprise 96% of Tingid interceptions.
Among all Tingid interceptions, those identified just to the family level of Tingidae account for nearly 25% of records, while Corythucha gossypii and Corythucha sp. interceptions together comprise about 30%.
The following taxa are those species and genera comprising 96% of interception records as of May 4, 2020. Species listed are ranked by number of interception records, in descending order; species not shown have been intercepted only one or two times. Actual interception numbers through May 4, 2020 for the species shown range from nearly 700 to 3.
| Pest | Rank |
| Corythucha gossypii (Fabricius) | 1 |
| Tingidae | 2 |
| Corythucha sp. | 3 |
| *Galeatus scrophicus Saunders | 4 |
| Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) | 5 |
| Corythaica carinata Uhler | 6 |
| Teleonemia sp. | 7 |
| Monosteira unicostata Mulsant & Rey | 8 |
| Corythucha morrilli Osborn & Drake | 9 |
| Cochlochila bullita (Stål) (Tingidae) | 10 |
| Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål | 11 |
| Atheas fuscipes Champion | 12 |
| Corythucha marmorata (Uhler) | 13 |
| Dictyla monotropidia (Stål) Leptodictya tabida (Herrich-Schaeffer) Stephanitis sp. |
14 |
| Acanthocheila armigera (Stål) | 15 |
| Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa | 16 |
| Atheas nigricornis Champion | 17 |
| Leptopharsa sp. | 18 |
| Corythaica cyathicollis (Costa) | 19 |
| Atheas sp. | 20 |
| Phatnoma sp. | 21 |
| Stephanitis pyri (Fabricius) | 22 |
| Corythucha fuscomaculata (Stål) Euaulana ferritincta Drake Leptodictya bambusae Drake |
23 |
| Gargaphia iridescens Champion Gargaphia sp. Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) |
24 |
| Corythucha fuscigera (Stal) Dictyla echii (Schrank) Dictyla sp. Lasiacantha hedenborgii (Stal.) Leptoypha sp. |
25 |
| Leptodictya plana Heidemann Leptodictya sp. Stephanitis typica (Distant) Tingis sp. Urentius euonymus Distant |
26 |
| Cysteochila incolana Drake Dichocysta pictipes Champion Stephanitis nitor Drake & Poor |
27 |
| Corythaica sp. Corythucha ciliata (Say) Corythucha globigera Breddin Dictyla parmata Distant Teleonemia sacchari (Fabricius) Tingis cardui (Linnaeus) Vatiga illudens (Drake) |
28 |
| Acalypta sp. Galeatus sp. Teleonemia nigrina Champion Teleonemia prolixa (Stal) Tingis strictula (Puton) |
29 |
| Acalypta parvula (Fallen) Corythucha arcuata (Say) Euaulana sp. Lasiacantha sp. Leptobyrsa decora Drake Leptopharsa clitoriae (Heidemann) Phatnoma marmorata Champion Ulotingis brasiliensis (Drake) |
30 |
| Acanthocheila sp. Chorotingis indigena Drake Corythaica caestri (Reed) Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) Corythucha hispida Uhler Cysteochila sp. Elasmotropis testacea Herrich-Schaeffer Eocader bouclei (Bruner) Galeatus scitulus Drake & Maa Leptodictya sinaloana Drake Phatnoma annulipes (Champion) Tingis reticulata (Herrich-Schaeffer) |
31 |
* Most interceptions of Galeatus scrophicus were previously misidentified as G. scitulus.
Authors: S.M. Krishnankutty, J.L. Scher
Last updated May 2020
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