Agramma

Taxonomy

Agramma Stephens, 1829

Type species: Tingis laeta Fallén

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present, reduced to a pair of frontal spines; antenniferous processesantenniferous processes:
the socket in which antenna is inserted in the head; also known as antennophore, antennal tubercles, or antennal process
prominent; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
unicarinate; pronotal hoodhood:
term used to describe the modified anterior area of the pronotum, which is sometimes tectiform and sometimes bulbous, with numerous intermediate conditions.
absent; paranotaparanota:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
obsolete or reduced to a carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
; hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
with claval areaclaval area:
parallel-sided and sharply pointed anal area of hemelytron
weakly developed, almost entirely covered by posterior margin of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
narrow, discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
undefined (Guilbert 2007Guilbert 2007:
Guilbert, E. 2007. Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Laos: new species and new records. Zootaxa 1442: 1ndash;18.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, Australasian, Oriental, Palearctic (Drake and Ruhoff 1960Drake and Ruhoff 1960:
Drake, C. J., and F. Ruhoff, A. 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112.)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Agramma atricapillum (Spinola, 1837)	Netherlands	Viburnum sp.

References

Drake and Ruhoff 1960Drake and Ruhoff 1960:
Drake, C. J., and F. Ruhoff, A. 1960. Lace-bug genera of the world (Hemiptera: Tingidae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum 112., Guilbert 2007Guilbert 2007:
Guilbert, E. 2007. Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) from Laos: new species and new records. Zootaxa 1442: 1ndash;18.

Additional images

Agramma images at the Smithsonian