#4146 · 🦗 bugs, crickets & other insects
oak lace bug
🇳🇱 Eikennetwants ·Corythucha arcuata
🦗 Bugs, crickets & other insects 📍 in Europe, not in NL
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Ivan Pancic · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © Mark Gorman · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Piotr Lukasik · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © psweet · CC BY-SA 4.0
- 5. © Scott King · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. © Piotr Lukasik · CC BY 4.0
- 8. © Денис · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Adam Kranz · CC0
what is it?
Corythucha arcuata , the oak lace bug is a species of lace bug Tingidae that is a pest of oaks in the Old World. It is native to the New world, and was first observed in Europe in 2000.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 7,861 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Thomas Say in 1832 (194 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- oak lace bug
- Nederlands
- Eikennetwants
- scientific name
- Corythucha arcuata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hemiptera
- family
- Tingidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 4,759
- sightings worldwide
- 7,861
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1832 by Thomas Say
relatives· Tingidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 205712, Wikidata Q5173805, GBIF 2020671, Wikipedia (EN). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.