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Dictyla indigena - Detail of head The spines on the head are diagnostic versus the other species on Echium on the Canary Islands (Dictyla nassata):<br /> D. indigena has 2 frontal, one central and two occipital spines (shown here). In D. nassata the occipital spines are lacking, the others are small.<br /> Full view of this individual:<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92723/dictyla_indigena.html" title="Dictyla indigena"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3043/92723_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1759968010&Signature=u7%2F%2BvWwQOEqxeuabZpuoq5xt7n4%3D" width="200" height="114" alt="Dictyla indigena Detail of head here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92727/dictyla_indigena_-_detail_of_head.html Dictyla,Dictyla indigena,Geotagged,Heteroptera,La Palma (Canary Islands),Lacebug,Spain,Tingidae" /></a></figure> Dictyla,Dictyla indigena,Geotagged,Heteroptera,Heteroptera ID help,La Palma (Canary Islands),Lacebug,Spain,Tingidae Click/tap to enlarge

Dictyla indigena - Detail of head

The spines on the head are diagnostic versus the other species on Echium on the Canary Islands (Dictyla nassata):
D. indigena has 2 frontal, one central and two occipital spines (shown here). In D. nassata the occipital spines are lacking, the others are small.
Full view of this individual:

Dictyla indigena Detail of head here:<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/92727/dictyla_indigena_-_detail_of_head.html Dictyla,Dictyla indigena,Geotagged,Heteroptera,La Palma (Canary Islands),Lacebug,Spain,Tingidae

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The Dictyla indigena

Dictyla indigena (Wollaston, 1858) is a species of Lace bug (Tingidae) endemic to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

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Similar species: True Bugs
Species identified by Pudding4brains
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Uploaded Apr 18, 2020. Captured in Las Piedras B, 38758, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
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