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Note: Corythauma ayyari (Drake) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)—a new pest of ornamentals in Israel

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We herewith report for the first time the discovery in Israel of the invasive species Corythauma ayyari (Drake), a member of the lace-bug family, Tingidae (Hemiptera).

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We thank Ariel Leib Leonid Friedman for reviewing an earlier draft of the manuscript, and Oz Rittner for the photography (both from the Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University).

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  1. Department of Zoology, The George S. Wise Faculty of Life Sciences, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, 69978, Israel

    T. Novoselsky & A. Freidberg

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Novoselsky, T., Freidberg, A. Note: Corythauma ayyari (Drake) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Tingidae)—a new pest of ornamentals in Israel. Phytoparasitica 41, 149–150 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-012-0273-x

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