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Leptoypha

Taxonomy

Leptoypha Stål, 1873

Type species: Tingis mutica Say

Diagnostic characters

Body narrow and elongate, head short, clypeus not surpassing apical half of first antennal segment; antennae shorter than pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
; cephalic spinescephalic spines:
a spine on the head
present; bucculaebucculae:
an elevated ridge on either side of the first labial segment
closed anteriorly; rostral sulcusrostral sulcus:
shallow furrow on either side of rostrum (labium)
interrupted by a transverse carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
; pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
usually unicarinateunicarinate:
bearing only a median carina on pronotum; occurs when lateral carinae are absent
, in some species tricarinatetricarinate:
bearing both median carina and lateral carinae on pronotum
, with lateral carinaecarinae:
elevated ridge or keel
 confined to the triangular posterior projection of pronotumpronotum:
dorsal sclerite of the first thoracic segment
and height of median carinacarina:
elevated ridge or keel
 equal to that of lateral carinae; 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
narrow, uniseriateuniseriate:
arranged in a single row, as in uniseriate areolae
, reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
and appressed to the pronotal disc, spines absent along paranotal margin, 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
; costal areacostal area:
area of the costa delineated by the first longitudinal vein of the wing, usually running along the anterior margin
narrow or obsolete, in some species reflexedreflexed:
bent or curved backwards, as in a reflexed paranotum
; discoidal areadiscoidal area:
area of the forewing posterior to the subcostal area
level, discoidal cell extending slightly beyond the middle of hemelytrahemelytra:
one of the basally thickened forewings of Hemiptera
 (Hurd 1946Hurd 1946:
Hurd, M. E. P. 1946. Generic classification of North American Tingoidea (Hemiptera-Heteroptera). The Iowa State College Journal of Science 20: 429-493., Knudson 2018Knudson 2018:
Knudson, A. H. 2018. The Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Central America (with an emphasis on Costa Rica). Master#39;s thesis. North Dakota University. https://library.ndsu.edu/ir/handle/10365/28773).

Distribution

Australasian, Nearctic, Neotropical, 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., Knudson 2018Knudson 2018:
Knudson, A. H. 2018. The Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Central America (with an emphasis on Costa Rica). Master#39;s thesis. North Dakota University. https://library.ndsu.edu/ir/handle/10365/28773, Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae)

Interceptions at US ports of entry 1984 to 2018

Intercepted species Shipment origin(s) Inspected host(s)
Leptoypha sp. Australia Adenanthos sp., Chamelucium sp., Scholtzia 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., Knudson 2018Knudson 2018:
Knudson, A. H. 2018. The Tingidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) of southern Central America (with an emphasis on Costa Rica). Master#39;s thesis. North Dakota University. https://library.ndsu.edu/ir/handle/10365/28773, Guilbert 2019Guilbert 2019:
Guilbert, E. 2019. Lace bugs database - http://www.hemiptera-databases.com/tingidae

Additional images

Leptoypha images at the Smithsonian

Leptoypha binotata , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha binotata, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha binotata , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha binotata, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha binotata head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha binotata head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha brevicornis , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha brevicornis, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha brevicornis , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha brevicornis, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha brevicornis head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha brevicornis head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha costata , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha costata, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha costata , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha costata, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha costata , ventral view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Leptoypha costata, ventral view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC
Leptoypha costata head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha costata head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha drakei , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha drakei, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha drakei , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha drakei, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha drakei head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha drakei head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha elliptica , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha elliptica, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha elliptica , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha elliptica, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha elliptica head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha elliptica head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha mutica , dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha mutica, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha mutica , lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha mutica, lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha mutica head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha mutica head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha mutica , dorsal view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Leptoypha mutica, dorsal view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC
Leptoypha mutica , ventral view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC

Leptoypha mutica, ventral view; photo; Don Griffiths, Spencer Entomological Collection, Beaty Biodiversity Museum, UBC
Leptoypha sp., dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha sp., dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha sp., ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha sp., ventral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha sp., lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha sp., lateral view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID
Leptoypha sp. head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID

Leptoypha sp. head and thorax, dorsal view; photo courtesy of USDA APHIS PPQ ITP imageID