Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955
(Andromeda Lacebug)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesStephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug)
FamilyTINGIDAE (lace bugs)
SuperfamilyTINGOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
InfraorderCimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
SuborderHETEROPTERA (true bugs)
OrderHEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug) :
1: Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug)
7 Sep 2014 OSGR: SU10 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
on Pieris in garden
Image 1: Bush with feeding damage - mottled leaves Image 2: Foliage with feeding damage - mottled leaves Image 3: Lace-bug on underside of Pieris leafImage 4: Lace-bug on underside of Pieris leaf (2)Image 5: Lace-bug on underside of Pieris leaf (3)Image 6: Leaves with feeding damage - mottled leaves Image 7: Leaves with feeding damage - mottled leaves (2)Image 8: Leaves with feeding damage - mottled leaves (3)Image 9: Leaves with feeding damage - mottled leaves (4)Image 10: Leaves with heavy feeding damage - yellowed leaves
2: Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug)
13 Sep 2013 OSGR: SU00 50° 50’ N, 1° 60’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
indoors, at window
Image 1: Dorsal view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 2: Dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 3: Lateral view - close-up - magnified - white backgroundImage 4: Lateral view - close-up - magnified - white background (2)Image 5: Ventral view - close-up - magnified - white background

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Malumphy, C. 2010 Severe Lace bug damage to Pieris japonica reported Plant Clinic News June/July: 3.

Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 7 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Stephanitis takeyai (Andromeda Lacebug)
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