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Teleonemia prolixa Stål, 1858

Phytophagous; arid to pampa and agriculture zones; FIT; March-May.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Tingoidea

Family
Tingidae

Section
Tingini

Genus
Teleonemia

Species
prolixa

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Native

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Teleonemia prolixa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=6987. Accessed 3 November 2026.