Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Acanthocheila
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål 1958)
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål, 1958), Female, dorsal view
<i>Acanthocheila armigera </i> (Stål, 1958), Female, dorsal view
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål, 1958), Female, dorsal view
<i>Acanthocheila armigera </i> (Stål, 1958), Female, lateral view
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål, 1958), Female, lateral view
<i>Acanthocheila armigera </i> (Stål, 1958), Male, dorsal view
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål, 1958), Male, dorsal view
<i>Acanthocheila armigera </i> (Stål, 1958), Male, lateral view
Acanthocheila armigera (Stål, 1958), Male, lateral view
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Of very minor importance
  • Argentina
    • Formosa
    • Jujuy
    • Salta
    • San Juan
Other distribution
Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, United States and, Venezuela.
 
Synonyms
  • Monanthia (Acanthocheila) armigera Stål, 1858
  • Monanthia (Acanthocheila) spinuligera Stål, 1858
  • Acanthochila armigera Stål, 1873.
  • Acanthocheila nigrescens Froeschner, 1995
Observations
The species is illustrated in Froeschner (1995) and photographed in Maes & Knudson (2016). There is also a key to determine the species of Acanthocheila (Froeschner, 1995). Acanthocheila armigera is frequently mentioned in the literature because it causes damages in plants of the genera Nicotiana , Ouratea , and Pisonia (Stonedahl et al. 1992; Neal & Schaeffer 2000; Guidoti et al, 2015). There is an Hymenoptera Mymaridae, Erythmelus vladimir , which is an egg parasitoid of A. armigera (Triapitsyn & Fidalgo, 2001).
Host plants
Bougainvillea glabra ; Coffea arabica ; Nicotiana sp.; Nicotiana tabacum ; Ouratea sp.; Pisonia sp. ; Pisonia aculeata ; Pisonia tomentosa ; Sida paniculata .
References
  • STÅL, C. 1858. Bidrag till Rio Janeiro-Traktens Hemiptera-fauna. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 2: 7: 1-84.
  • STÅL, C. 1873. Enumeratio Hemipterorum. Bidrag till en företeckning öfver alla hittills Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden. Kongl Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 11:1–162.
  • DRAKE, C. J. & S.C. BRUNER . 1924. Concerning some Tingitidae occurring in the West Indies (Hemip.). Memorias de la Sociedad Poey 6(3-4): 1-13.
  • STONEDAHL, G.M, W. R. DOLLING & G. J. HEAUME . 1992. Identification guide to common tingid pests of the world (Heteroptera: Tingidae). International Journal of Pest Management 38: 438 -449.
  • FROESCHNER, R. C. . 1995. Review of the new world lace bug genera Acanthocheila Stål and Carvalhotingis new genus (Hereroptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97(2): 331-339.
  • NEAL J.W. JR. & C.W. SCHAEFER . 2000. Lace bugs (Tingidae). In: Schaefer CW, Panizzi AR (eds) Heteroptera of economic importance. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp 85–137.
  • TRIAPITSYN, S. V. & P. FIDALGO. . 2001. A new species of Erythmelus Enock, 1909 (Hymenoptera: Mymaridae), egg parasitoid of Acanthocheila armigera (Stǻl, 1858) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Brazil. Russian Entomological Journal 10(2): 163-165.
  • GUIDOTI, M., S.I. MONTEMAYOR & É. GUILBERT . 2015. Lace Bugs (Tingidae). In True Bugs (Heteroptera) of the Neotropics (pp. 395-419). Springer Netherlands.
  • MAES. J. M. & A. KNUDSON . 2016. Tingidae (Heteroptera) de Nicaragua. Revista Nicaragüense de Entomología, 113: 3-63.
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