Corythucha aesculi is a species of lace bug Tingidae native to North America. C. aesculi's host plant is the yellow buckeye, (Aesculus octandra) Marsh and the insect can attain very high densities.[1] C. aesculi is preyed upon by a wide variety of other insects, of which ladybugs seem to be the most important.[1]
Corythucha aesculi | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Tingidae |
Genus: | Corythucha |
Species: | C. aesculi
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Binomial name | |
Corythucha aesculi Osborn & Drake, 1916
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References
edit- ^ a b Wm. C. Stehr. "The Biology of Corythucha aesculi O. & D. (Hemiptera, Tingitidae) on the yellow buckeye, Aesculus octandra Marsh" (PDF). Paper No. 13 from the Department of Zoology, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio.