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lace bug

n.
Any of various insects of the family Tingidae, having a lacelike pattern of ridges on the body and wings, and some of which are pests of ornamental trees and shrubs.
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lace bug

n
(Animals) a small bug of the family Tingidae, having a delicate pattern in the wing venation. They are plant feeders and include the thistle lace bugs (Tingis cardui and T. ampliata) and the rhododendron bug (Stephanitis rhododendri)
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Noun1.lace bug - small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lineslace bug - small bug having body and wings covered with a lacy network of raised lines
leaf bug, plant bug - small bright-colored insect that feeds on plant juices
family Tingidae, Tingidae - lace bugs
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Honeyborne (1969) and Coffelt & Schultz (1988) indicated that mefluidide slowed the development of azalea lace bug, Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) on Rhododendron sp.
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Survey for sycamore lace bug Corythucha ciliata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in New South Wales during 2007.
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They also brought back a lace bug worth evaluation, and many other natural enemies were discovered during the surveys that may be considered for testing and future introduction.
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Maternal care in Compseuta picta, an African lace bug (Heteroptera: Tingidae).
Gargaphia paula (Heteroptera: Tingidae): first host plant record, new geographic data and distribution summary
Four species of the lace bug genus Stephanitis Stal (Hemiptera: Tingidae) are found in North America (Froeschner 1988).
Stephanitis blatchleyi (hemiptera: tingidae): first host-plant association for a rarely collected lace bug
Two important pests of sycamore and amaryllis are the sycamore lace bug, Corytkucha ciliata (Say) (Hemiptera: Tingidae), and the weevil Stethobaris nemesis Prena & O'Brien (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), respectively.
Laboratory virulence of entomopathogenic nematodes to two ornamental plant pests, Corythucha ciliata (Hemiptera: Tingidae) and Stethobaris nemesis (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)
The avocado lace bug (ALB), Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Heteroptera:Tingidae), is a stenophagous insect originally found in Mexico and southeastern North America affecting plants of the genus Persea (Laurales: Lauraceae), i.e., Persea americana, P.
Mortality factors of the avocado lace bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heteroptera: Tingidae), in Florida
The azalea lace bug (ALB), Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) (Heteroptera: Tingidae), is one of the most serious pests of azaleas (Rhodendron x spp.) in landscapes and production nurseries (Klingeman et al.
Efficacy of soil applied neonicotinoid insecticides against the azalea lace bug, Stephanitis pyrioides, in the landscape

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