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Avocado Lace Bug, Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Tingidae)

F. W. Mead and J. E. Peña


Release Date: 2/25/2024

Agriculture

Abstract

The Featured Creatures collection provides in-depth profiles of insects, nematodes, arachnids and other organisms relevant to Florida. These profiles are intended for the use of interested laypersons with some knowledge of biology as well as academic audiences.

About this Publication

This document is EENY-039, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date July 1998. Revised April 2016 and December 2023. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication. This document is also available on the Featured Creatures website at http://entomology.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures.

About the Authors

F. W. Mead, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry; and J. E. Peña, Entomology and Nematology Department; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

Authors

F. W. Mead
F. W. Mead

retired hemipterist (deceased), Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Division of Plant Industry

Jorge Peña
Jorge Peña
Specialist
University of Florida

professor emeritus, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Tropical Research and Education Center

Contacts

Elena Rhodes
Elena Rhodes
staff
University of Florida

biological scientist III, Department of Entomology and Nematology

Publication #EENY-039

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