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Crops > Plantation crops > Banana > Insects > Stephanitis typica, Maldives

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Stephanitis typica

September 2007. The insect illustrated was collected from banana in the north of the Maldives.

From the photo, it appears to be a lacebug (Tingidae) Stephanitis typica (Distant) Homoptera:Tingidae), a widely distributed pest species in the Oriental region to Japan, and east to Papua New Guinea.