Corythucha ciliata

Corythucha ciliata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Tingidae
Genus:	Corythucha
Species:	C. ciliata
Binomial name
Corythucha ciliata Say, 1832

Corythucha ciliata, the sycamore lace bug, is a species of lace bug Tingidae that is a pest of sycamores in the New and Old Worlds.^[1] In is native to the New world.

European introduction

In Europe, C. ciliata was first observed in Italy in 1964 and has since spread throughout Central and Southern Europe.^[2]

References

1. ^ Susan E. Halbert. "sycamore lace bug". Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry. http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/trees/sycamore_lace_bug.htm. 
2. ^ d'Aguilar R. Pralavorio, Rabasse JM, Mouton R. 1977. Introduction en France du tigre du platane: Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Het. Tingidae). Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 82: 1-6.