First detection of Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott, 1874) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) on Rhododendron japonicum (A. Gray) Suringar in Catalonia and second record in the Iberian Peninsula
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The Azalea lace bug Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott, 1874) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) is recorded from potted plants of Rhododendron japonicum
(A.Gray) Suringar in a garden center in Premià de Dalt (Maresme, Barcelona). The capture of nymphs and adults in November 2022
represents the first record in Catalonia and the second one in the Iberian Peninsula, after the detection in September 2022 in Goián (Pontevedra)
by Andrés (2022) on Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet, also in potted plants. The most up-to-date information on affected host
plants worldwide by this lace species, as well as on the biology and damage it causes, is provided. Finally, a summarized information is
reported for the other Stephanitis that can infest Rhododendron and other Ericaceae, such as S. takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955 and S. rhododendri
Horváth, 1905.
(A.Gray) Suringar in a garden center in Premià de Dalt (Maresme, Barcelona). The capture of nymphs and adults in November 2022
represents the first record in Catalonia and the second one in the Iberian Peninsula, after the detection in September 2022 in Goián (Pontevedra)
by Andrés (2022) on Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet, also in potted plants. The most up-to-date information on affected host
plants worldwide by this lace species, as well as on the biology and damage it causes, is provided. Finally, a summarized information is
reported for the other Stephanitis that can infest Rhododendron and other Ericaceae, such as S. takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955 and S. rhododendri
Horváth, 1905.
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Riba Flinch, Josep M. “First detection of <i>Stephanitis pyrioides</i> (Scott, 1874) (Heteroptera: Tingidae) on <i>Rhododendron japonicum</i> (A. Gray) Suringar in Catalonia and second record in the Iberian Peninsula”. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d’Història Natural, vol.VOL 87, no. 1-4, pp. 55-61, https://raco.cat/index.php/ButlletiICHN/article/view/429298.
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