Piesmatidae

TaxID: 236392

Basic Information

Piesmatidae

Beet-bugs, ash grey leaf bug

Piesmatidae is a small family of true bugs, commonly called ash-grey leaf bugs. The Piesmatidae are distributed mostly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, with some occurring in Africa, Australia and South America. A common species found throughout the Americas is Piesma cinereum. Ash-grey leaf bugs are small insects, some 2 C4 mm overall. The head, thorax and the firm part of the wings are extensively dimpled. This resembles the similar pattern of the Tingidae of the infraorder Cimicomorpha, and was initially taken to signify a close relationship. It is due to convergent evolution however. They feed on plant sap, mostly of Chenopodiaceae and Caryophyllaceae. Piesma linnavouri have been found on Acacia (Fabaceae). Mcateella have been found on many host plants but mostly Acacia and Proteaceae. The host plants of Miespa remain unknown.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Piesmatidae

unclassified

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Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (1 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (0 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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No distribution records available.

Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (85 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

Process ID BIN Marker Length Country Date Lat/Lon Sequence
TSMTK3354-23 BOLD:ADZ0837 COI-5P 670 Tanzania 2021-02-20 -2.989, 35.355
TSMTF12737-23 BOLD:ADZ0837 COI-5P 653 Tanzania 2021-10-15 -2.189, 34.724
TSMTA40218-22 BOLD:ADZ0837 COI-5P 654 Tanzania 2019-12-15 -2.438, 34.849
PKSWA470-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-05-24 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA3154-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA3024-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA3022-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA3013-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 657 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA2989-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
PKSWA2906-24 BOLD:AFN6374 COI-5P 658 Pakistan 2016-09-25 34.77939, 72.32937
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