Open AccessLantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)
Author(s) -
Dale Habeck,
Frank W. Mead,
Thomas R. Fasulo
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
edis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2576-0009
DOI - 10.32473/edis-in514-2001
Subject(s) - lantana , lantana camara , tingidae , entomology , hemiptera , verbenaceae , biology , geography , ecology
The lantana lace bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål, often causes extensive damage to lantana, Lantana camara L. Although lantana is sometimes used as an ornamental, it is usually considered a weed. It often forms spiny, dense, impenetrable thickets covering large areas of valuable land. The lantana lace bug has been introduced into many countries as a biological control agent to combat lantana. This document is EENY-246 (originally published as DPI Entomology Circular 156), one of a series of Featured Creatures from the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Published: November 2001.
EENY-246/IN514: Lantana Lace Bug, Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae) (ufl.edu)