Gargaphia lunulata
Creators: name: Guilbert, Éric
name: Montemayor, Sara I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Tingidae
Gargaphia
Gargaphia lunulata

description: Gargaphia lunulata (Mayr, 1865)
Monanthia lunulata Mayr, 1865: 441.
Gargaphia lunulata – Stål 1873: 124.
Gargaphia lasciva Gibson, 1919: 198.
MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Argentina. Province of Salta, Orán, 5.VI.2007, Guilbert & Montemayor coll., 1 ♀ (MNHN).
DISTRIBUTION. — Argentina: Buenos Aires (Chacabuco), Chaco (Presidente Roque Saenz Peña), Córdoba, Tucumán. Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay.
This species, known from several provinces in Argentina, is here newly recorded from Salta. All specimens were collected in the understory by beating vegetation.
HOST PLANTS. — This polyphagous species is known to feed on several plant families. Malvaceae: Abelmoschus esculens Moench (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Gossypium sp. (Stonedahl & Dolling 1992:439), Gossypium arboreum L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Hibiscus sp. (Stonedahl & Dolling 1992: 439), Hibiscus esculentus L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Chorisia speciosa A.St. -Hil. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff1965: 227), Urena sp. (Stonedahl & Dolling 1992: 439), Urena lobata L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Fabaceae (Stonedahl & Dolling 1992: 438), Glycine max (L.) Merr. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Meibomia adscendens Sw. (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. (Drake & Hambleton 1934:450; Silva 1956:32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Phaseolus lunatus L. (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Phaseolus vulgaris L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers.(Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Caesalpiniaceae: Cassia fistula L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Monte 1938a: 131; Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Cassia imperialis Hort. (Costa Lima 1936: 127; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Euphorbiaceae (Stonedahl & Dolling 1992: 438), Euphorbia heterophylla L. (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965:227), Cnidoscolus sp. (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965:227), Manihot utilissima Pohl. (Drake & Hambleton 1934:450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965:227), Ricinus communis L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965:227); Leguminosae: Dolichos lablad L.(Costa Lima 1936: 127; Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Passifloraceae: Passiflora caerulea L. (Berg 1884: 190; Monte 1938b: 388; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Passiflora violacea Vell. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Rosaceae: Pyrus communis L. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227), Rosa sp. (Silva 1956: 32; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227); Malpighiaceae: Stigmaphyllon sp. (Drake & Hambleton 1934: 450; Drake & Ruhoff 1965: 227).
description: Published as part of Guilbert, Éric & Montemayor, Sara I., 2010, Tingidae (Insecta, Heteroptera) from the Argentinan Yungas: new records and descriptions of selected fifth instars, pp. 549-565 in Zoosystema 32 (4) on pages 556-557, DOI: 10.5252/z2010n4a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5167510