Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Corythucha
Corythucha acculta Drake & Poor 1942
Corythucha acculta , Drake & Poor, Paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i> Corythucha acculta </i>, Drake & Poor, Paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
Corythucha acculta , Drake & Poor, Paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i>Corythucha acculta </i>, Drake & Poor, Paratipo [USNM], vista dorsal.
Corythucha acculta , Drake & Poor, Paratipo [USNM], vista dorsal.
<i>Corythucha acculta </i>, Drake & Poor, male, dorsal view.
Corythucha acculta , Drake & Poor, male, dorsal view.
<i>Corythucha acculta </i>, Drake & Poor, male, lateral view.
Corythucha acculta , Drake & Poor, male, lateral view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Córdoba
    • Misiones
    • Salta
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
 
Observations
There is an illustration of the species and a key for the identification of the species of Corythucha from Argentina in Ajmat (1991). Montemayor (2009) compares this species with the rest of Corythucha from South America. The references to the known distribution are Drake & Poor (1942) and Ajmat (1991).
Host plants
Abutilon grandifolium, Pavonia sp., Pseudoabutilon sp., Wissadula gymnanthemum.
References
  • DRAKE, C. J. & M. E. POOR. 1942. Four new Tingitidae (Hemiptera) from Argentina. Anales del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires 40: 299–302.
  • AJMAT, M. V. . 1991. Contribución al conocimiento de los Tingidae de la Argentina. Subfamilia Tinginae II. El género Corythucha Stål. Acta Zoológica Lilloana 40(1): 133–145.
  • MONTEMAYOR, S. I. . 2009. Description of a new Corythucha Stål from Argentina (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae), with a description of its life cycle. Zootaxa 2170:61-68.
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