Species info
Classification > Superfamily Miroidea > Family Tingidae > Subfamily Tinginae > Tribe Tingini > Genus Teleonemia
Teleonemia forticornis Champion 1898
Teleonemia forticornis Chamipon, female, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia forticornis</i> Chamipon, female, dorsal view.
Teleonemia forticornis Chamipon, female, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia forticornis</i> Chamipon, female, lateral view.
Teleonemia forticornis Chamipon, female, lateral view.
<i>Teleonemia forticornis</i> Chamipon, male, dorsal view.
Teleonemia forticornis Chamipon, male, dorsal view.
<i>Teleonemia forticornis</i> Chamipon, male, lateral view.
Teleonemia forticornis Chamipon, male, lateral view.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Misiones
Other distribution
Brazil, Panama and, Peru.
 
Observations
In the original description there is an illustration of the species and a key to identify it from some other species of Teleonemia (Champion, 1898). Drake & Hambleton (1938) mention the species for Argentina for the first time without providing information about province or locality, later is recorded for the provinces of Misiones (Drake & Poor, 1939) and Buenos Aires (Carpintero & De Biase, 2011).
Host plants
Ipomoea batatas.
References
  • CHAMPION, G. C. 1897-1901. Insecta. Rynchota. Hemiptera-Heteroptera. Vol.2 In: Godman, F. D. & Salvin, O. (Eds), Biologia Centrali-Americana Taylor & Francis, London 416 pp. + 22 plates.
  • DRAKE, C.J. & E.J. HAMBLETON . 1938. Brazilian Tingoidea (Hemiptera) (Part IV). Arquivos do Instituto Biologico 9(5): 51-57.
  • DRAKE, C. J. & M. E. POOR . 1939. Some Tingitidae from the Republic of Argentina. Physis 17(49): 95-98.
  • CARPINTERO, D. L., & DE BIASE, S. 2011. Los Hemiptera Heteroptera de la Isla Martín García (Buenos Aires, Argentina). Historia Natural 1(2): 27-47.
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