Cochlochila

Taxonomy

Monanthia (Cochlochila) Stål, 1873

Cochlochila Horvath, 1910

Type species: Monanthia (Cochlochila) bullita Stål

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
absent; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
tricarinate, lateral carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
partially hidden under reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
; 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; paranotumparanotum:
lateral extension of pronotum; may be carinate, explanate, or reflexed
widely expanded, reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
, but not appressed to disc, anterior margin not projecting anterad; 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
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
with two bulbous elevations along outer margin, discoidal cell extending slightly beyond the middle of hemelytra; hypocostal laminae extending to the apex of abdomen (Rodriguez 1982Rodriguez 1982:
Rodrigues, D. P. 1982. Cochlochila Steil (Heteroptera): descriptions of a new subgenus and nine new species (African Tingidae XXVII). Journal of Entomological Society of South Africa 45: 163-181.).

Distribution

Afrotropical, 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., Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae, Rodriguez 1982Rodriguez 1982:
Rodrigues, D. P. 1982. Cochlochila Steil (Heteroptera): descriptions of a new subgenus and nine new species (African Tingidae XXVII). Journal of Entomological Society of South Africa 45: 163-181.)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Cochlochila bullita (Stål)	India, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Tahiti, Thailand	Antirrhinum sp., Artemisia sp., Bergera koenigii, Celosia sp., Cymbopogon sp., Gardenia sp., Magnoliophyta sp., Mentha sp., Murraya koenigii, Ocimum sanctum, Ocimum tenuiflorum, Origanum majorana, Origanum vulgare

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., Gilbert 2019, Rodriguez 1982Rodriguez 1982:
Rodrigues, D. P. 1982. Cochlochila Steil (Heteroptera): descriptions of a new subgenus and nine new species (African Tingidae XXVII). Journal of Entomological Society of South Africa 45: 163-181.

Additional images

Cochlochila images at the Smithsonian