Family Tingidae (Lace bugs)Tingidae Species Discovered in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Note:
Taxa on this list are only those contained
in the ATBI database,
and do not neccessarily include
all Park taxa from historic park reports, literature,
or other sources that have
not yet been entered
in the Biodiversity Database.
Also note: where part of the taxon name is species,
it means that the taxon
name has not yet been agreed upon by taxonomists for this group,
or that it was not identified to this level.
In Case You Didn't Know ...Most species of this true bug family feed on the sap of plants by piercing the underside of leaves. These bugs are relatively small at little more than 1/3 inch in length.