Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Gargaphia
Gargaphia munda (Stål 1858)
Gargaphia munda (Stal), male, dorsal view.
<i>Gargaphia munda</i> (Stal), male, dorsal view.
Gargaphia munda (Stal), male, dorsal view.
<i>Gargaphia munda</i> (Stal), male, lateral view.
Gargaphia munda (Stal), male, lateral view.
<i>Gargaphia munda</i> (Stal), male, dorsal view.
Gargaphia munda (Stal), male, dorsal view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
Other distribution
Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.
 
Synonyms
  • Monanthia (Phyllontocheila) munda Stål, 1858
  • Monanthia (Gargaphia) munda : Stål, 1862
  • Monanthia munda : Walker, 1873
  • Monanthia lineifera Walker, 1873
  • Leptostyla lineifera (Champion, 1898)
  • Gargaphia magna Gibson, 1919
Observations
Gibson (1919) provides a key for the identification of the species of Gargaphia among them is G. magna junior synonym of G. munda . The species is illustrated in Drake & Poor (1937). Pennington (1920) first recorded G. munda for Buenos Aires province.
Host plants
Brunfelsia hopeana; Brunfelsia sp.; Solanum sp.
References
  • GIBSON, E. H. . 1919. The Genus Gargaphia Stål (Tingidae; Heteroptera). Transactions of the American Entomological Society 45(3): 187-201.
  • PENNINGTON, M.S. 1920-1921. Lista de los Hemípteros Heterópteros de la República Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • DRAKE, C. J. & M. E. POOR . 1937. The South American Tingitidae (Hemiptera) described by Stål. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 11(5): 301-312.
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