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[See Mem. Dept. Agr. Ind. Ent. Ser. 2(3)]
Fam. Tingidae (Lace bugs) Small, beautifully scultptured, upper
surface with lace like markings. Dull colours, gregarious, feed on plant
sap. Eggs thrust into plant tissue, nymphs feed with mother. About 700
species known, only a few in India and less in Maharashtra.
S. typicus. Pale, hyaline, margins of areolets (feathery part of elytra)
and abdomen dark brown. L. 4 mm. to apex of elytra. Pest on turmeric
and plantain. U. echinus. Pale brownish yellow, areolets hyaline, below
reedish and black. L. 3 mm. On brinjal. M. globulifera. Brownish yellow,
corium margins brown, centre hyaline. L. 3 mm. On Tulsi (Ocinum sp.)
and safflower. H. lectus on Elephantia in Bombay.
Fam. Hydrometridae ( पुडी, ना ण्या)