Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Gargaphia
Gargaphia iridiscens Champion 1897
Gargaphia iridiscens Champion, female , dorsal view.
<i>Gargaphia iridiscens</i> Champion, female , dorsal view.
Gargaphia iridiscens Champion, female , dorsal view.
<i>Gargaphia iridiscens</i> Champion, female , lateral view.
Gargaphia iridiscens Champion, female , lateral view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
Other distribution
Mexico and United States.
 
Observations
Champion (1897) illustrates the species and provides a key to distinguish it from other three South American species of the genus G. patricia (Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, México, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela); G. nigrinervis (Aruba, Bonaire, Colombia, Curacao, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela) and; G. panamensis (Panama). Gibson (1919) also provides a key for the identification of some of the species of the genus among which is G. iridiscens . Torre-Bueno (1942) provides a description of the parental care that this species exhibit.

Host plants
Ambrosia tenuifolia; Helianthus annus; Malva sp.; Solanum sp.
References
  • CHAMPION, G. C. 1897-1901. Insecta. Rynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol.2 In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds), Biologia Centrali-Americana Taylor & Francis, London 416 pp. + 22 plates.
  • GIBSON, E. H. . 1919. The Genus Gargaphia Stål (Tingidae; Heteroptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 45(3): 187-201.
  • TORRE-BUENO J. R. 1942. Maternal solicitude in Gargaphia iridescens Champion. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 37(4): 131.
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