Corythucha

Corythucha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tingidae
Genus:	Corythucha Stal, 1873

Corythucha is a large genus of lace bug Tingidae that is primarily distributed in the New World, especially North America. The genus includes pest species such as the “cotton or bean lace bug" (C. gossypii)^[1] as well as species that provide maternal care, such as C. hewitti (Drake)^[2]

Partial Species List

• Corythucha aesculi O. & D.
• Corythucha arcuata
• Corythucha ciliata
• Corythucha cydoniae
• Corythucha gossypii (Fabricius)
• Corythucha hewitti
• Corythucha tuthilli Drake

References

1. ^ Laura T. Miller and Walter T. Nagamine. "First Records of Corythucha gossypii (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Hawaii, Including Notes on Host Plants". Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Society 2005 37:85-88. http://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/bitstream/10125/87/1/85-88%20vol37%20miller.pdf. 
2. ^ Faeth. "Maternal Care in a Lace Bug Corythucha hewitti (Hemiptera: Tingidae)". Psyche 96:101-110 1989. http://psyche.entclub.org/pdf/96/96-101.pdf. 

External links

• Corythucha ciliata, sycamore lace bug
• Corythucha cydoniae, hawthorn lace bug