Vatiga illudens, the cassava lace bug, is a species of lace bug in the family Tingidae. It is found in the Caribbean and South America.[1][2][3]
| Vatiga illudens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Tingidae |
| Tribe: | Tingini |
| Genus: | Vatiga |
| Species: | V. illudens |
| Binomial name | |
| Vatiga illudens (Drake, 1922) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
Further reading
- Froeschner, Richard C. (1993). "The Neotropical lace bugs of the genus Vatiga (Heteroptera: Tingidae), pests of cassava: new synonymies and key to species". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 95 (3): 457–462. ISSN 0013-8797.
- Drake, Carl J.; Ruhoff, Florence A. (1965). "Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae)". United States National Museum Bulletin (243): 1–634. doi:10.5479/si.03629236.243.1. hdl:10088/10084.
- Péricart, J.; Golub, V. B. (1996). Aukema, Berend; Rieger, Christian (eds.). Catalogue of the Heteroptera of the Palaearctic Region, Vol. 2: Cimicomorpha I. The Netherlands Entomological Society. ISBN 978-90-71912-15-3.