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- Title
Stephanitis takeyai and S. rhododendri (Heteroptera: Tingidae) in Slovakia: first record and economic importance.
- Authors
Barta, Marek; Bibeň, Tomáš
- Abstract
This is the first report on the occurrence of andromeda lace bug, Stephanitis (Stephanitis) takeyai Drake and Maa, 1955, and rhododendron lace bug, Stephanitis (Stephanitis) rhododendri Horvath, 1905, in Slovakia. Syntopic colonies of both species were found on rhododendron shrubs (Rhododendron sp.) in south-western Slovakia in 2015. The feeding of the lace bugs resulted in damage to infested rhododendrons. Leaves turned yellow and brown, prematurely dropped what led to continuous drying up of twigs and the whole plants. Details on morphology of adult stages of the two species, description of damage symptoms and economic importance of these pests are presented and discussed.
- Subjects
HEMIPTERA; INSECTS; LACE bugs; RHODODENDRONS; ERICACEAE; TWIGS
- Publication
Journal of Plant Protection Research, 2016, Vol 56, Issue 2, p193
- ISSN
1427-4345
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/jppr-2016-0022