Stephanitis rhododendri Horváth, 1905
(Rhododendron Lacebug)

Interactions where Stephanitis rhododendri is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
adult		adult sucks sap of			Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/	Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron/	Rhododendron	rhododendrons and azaleas
adult		adult sucks sap of			Rhododendron arboreum	Tree Rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron arboreum/	Rhododendron arboreum	tree rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron arboreum	Tree Rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron arboreum/	Rhododendron arboreum	tree rhododendron					Major
adult		adult sucks sap of			Rhododendron campanulatum	a rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron campanulatum/	Rhododendron campanulatum	a rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron campanulatum	a rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998 Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron campanulatum/	Rhododendron campanulatum	a rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron campylocarpum	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron campylocarpum/	Rhododendron campylocarpum	a cultivated rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron catawbiense	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron catawbiense/	Rhododendron catawbiense	a cultivated rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron caucasicum	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron caucasicum/	Rhododendron caucasicum	a cultivated rhododendron					Major
adult		adult sucks sap of			Rhododendron ponticum	Rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron ponticum/	Rhododendron ponticum	rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron ponticum	Rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron ponticum/	Rhododendron ponticum	rhododendron					Major
adult		adult sucks sap of			Rhododendron thomsonii	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron thomsonii/	Rhododendron thomsonii	a cultivated rhododendron					Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of			Rhododendron thomsonii	a cultivated rhododendron	Ericales: Ericaceae	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles, Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Tingidae/Stephanitis rhododendri/	Stephanitis rhododendri	rhododendron lacebug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Ericales/Ericaceae/Rhododendron thomsonii/	Rhododendron thomsonii	a cultivated rhododendron					Major

Author & Year	Title	Source
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998	Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants	Collins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins
Southwood, T.R.E. & Leston, D., 1959	Land and Water Bugs of the British Isles	Wayside & Woodland Series, 1959 edition, 436pp, Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd.

Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug)
Family	TINGIDAE (lace bugs)
Superfamily	TINGOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Cimicomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Stephanitis rhododendri is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug)

Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

TINGIDAE
(lace bugs)

Cimicomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Southwood, T.R.E.	1985	Stephanitis rhododendri	Het News No 6: 2.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Stephanitis rhododendri (Rhododendron Lacebug):

TINGIDAE
(lace bugs)

Cimicomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

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