Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Planibyrsa
Planibyrsa elegantula (Drake 1922)
Planibyrsa elegantula (Drake), male, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i>Planibyrsa elegantula</i> (Drake), male, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
Planibyrsa elegantula (Drake), male, paratype [USNM], dorsal view.
<i>Planibyrsa elegantula</i> (Drake), male, paratype [USNM], lateral view.
Planibyrsa elegantula (Drake), male, paratype [USNM], lateral view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Bolivia, Brazil y Peru.
 
Synonyms
  • Leptobyrsa elegantula Drake, 1922.
  • Planibyrsa elegantula : Drake & Poor 1937.
Observations
The species is illustrated in the original description (Drake, 1922). The first time that the species is mentioned from Argentina is in Drake (1936) under the name of de Leptobyrsa elegantula for the Misiones province.
Host plants
Bignoniaceae.
References
  • DRAKE, C. J. 1922. Neotropical Tingitidae with descriptions of three new genera and thirty-two new species and varieties (Hemiptera). Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 9(2): 351-379.
  • DRAKE, C. J. 1936. Some Tingitoidea (Hemiptera) from Argentina (Hemiptera). Travaux de l´Institut Zoologique de l´Académie des Sciences de l´URSS 3: 699-701.
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