Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832)

Çerçi, Bariş, Karataş, Ahmet & Karataş, Ayşegül, 2021, Insecta non gratae: New Distribution Records of Eight Alien Bug (Hemiptera) Species in Turkey with Contributions of Citizen Science, Zootaxa 5057 (1), pp. 1-28 : 6-7

Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832) —Sycamore Lace Bug

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Distribution in Turkey ( Map 3 ): Bolu, Kastamonu, Tekirdağ, Trabzon (Mutun 2009; Aysal & Kıvan 2011; Sevim et al. 2013; Kezik & Eroğlu 2014; Küçükbasmacı 2014; Küçükbasmacı et al. 2016; Dursun & Fent 2017; Aysal & Kıvan 2018); Bursa, Samsun (this study).

New records by citizen scientists in Turkey: 1. Bursa: Sapanca , 12.VIII.2014 ( Çerçi 2014b). 2 . Samsun: Ondokuzmayıs , 24.VII.2018 ( Karataş 2018a) .

Comments: The species C. ciliata is called “sycamore lace bug”, since this oligophagous insect specialized especially on sycamores ( Platanus spp. ). It is originally a Nearctic species and it was reported in Italy (Padova) in 1964 for the first time in Europe ( Rabitsch 2008; Mutun 2009). It rapidly expanded its range of distribution in many countries of Europe ( Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czechia, France (incl. Corsica), SW Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy (incl. Sicily), Madeira, Moldavia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, south of Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland), Central and Eastern Asia ( China (CE NO SW), Japan, Korea, Uzbekistan) and Australia ( Aukema 2021). It was first discovered in Turkey by Mutun (2009) in Bolu in 2007. The invasive bug, named as “çınar kaplanı” or “çınar dantel böceği” in Turkish, has been seen in two provinces in Marmara and four in the Black Sea (Mutun 2009; Aysal & Kıvan 2011; Sevim et al. 2013; Kezik & Eroğlu 2014; Küçükbasmacı 2014; Küçükbasmacı et al. 2016; Dursun & Fent 2017; Aysal & Kıvan 2018). Of the two records obtained by the authors, the one from Bursa was in July and the one from Samsun was in August (Graph 3).

GRAPH 3. Seasonality of Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832) , based on records from Turkey.

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FIGURE 3. Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832): A. Specimen from Samsun, B. Specimen from Bursa.

MAP 3. Distribution of Corythucha ciliata (Say, 1832) in Turkey.