Copium

Taxonomy

Copium Thunberg, 1822

Type species: Copium cornutum Thunberg

Diagnostic characters

Head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segmentantennal segment:
subdivisions of the antennae, denoted by constrictions. All Tingidae have 4 segments.  
; cephalic spinescephalic spine:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebuccula:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; antennae thickened and pilose; pronotum tricarinatetricarinate:
bearing both median carina and lateral carinae on pronotum
, height of lateral carinaelateral carina:
an elevated ridge located on either side of the pronotum
same as that of median carinamedian carina:
an elevated ridge located on the midline of the pronotum
; 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
narrowly expanded with one to two rows of areolaeareola:
a small enclosed space on a surface, such as an area enclosed by veinlets on wings
, anterior margin not projecting anterad; hemelytrahemelytron:
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
level, discoidal cell extending slightly beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytron:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
; hypocostal laminaehypocostal lamina:
a ridge produced ventrally along costal margin
extending to the apex of abdomen (Wagner 1954Wagner 1954:
Wagner, E. 1954. Revision der Palaarktischen Arten der Gattang Copium Thbg. (Hem. Het. Tingidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift N. F. I: 200-209.).

Distribution

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., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634.)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species	Shipment origin(s)	Inspected host(s)
Copium clavicorne (Linnaeus)	Turkey	Unknown host belonging to family Lamiaceae
Copium teucrii (Host)	Italy	Prunus 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., Drake and Ruhoff 1965Drake and Ruhoff 1965:
Drake, C. J., and F. A. Ruhoff. 1965. Lacebugs of the World: A Catalog (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Bulletin of the United States National Museum: 1ndash;634., Wagner 1954Wagner 1954:
Wagner, E. 1954. Revision der Palaarktischen Arten der Gattang Copium Thbg. (Hem. Het. Tingidae). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift N. F. I: 200-209.

Additional images

Copium images at the Smithsonian