Stephanitis takeyai Drake & Maa, 1955
andromeda lace bug
on Pieris, etc.
Rhododendron spec., Belgium, prov. Antwerp, West Meerbeek, Hof ter Borcht, 11.viii.2021 © Carina Van Steenwinkel
infested leaf, underside
imago
larva
ant the underside of the leaf, mainly along the midribs, eggs are deposited, covered by a greyish dried secretion
detail
uncovered eggs
parasite
Larvae and imagines freely at the undersides of the leaves.
host plants
Ericaceae, monophagous
Pieris japonica.
Less often also Rhododendron.
distribution within Europe
references
Aukema, Bos, Hermes & Zeinstra (2005a), Aukema, Bruers & Viskens (2005a), Aukema & Hermes (2006a), Aukema, Hermes & Woudstra (1997a), Barta & Bibeň (2016a), de Blok & van der Linden (2007a), Hommes, Westhoff & Melber (2003a), Rabitsch (2008a), Rabitsch & Frieß (2011a), Streito 2006a, Viskens, Bruers & Vercauteren (0000a).