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Species Homaemus parvulus

ID for a bug on buckwheat? - Homaemus parvulus Homaemus - Homaemus parvulus Homaemus aeneifrons? Out of range - Homaemus parvulus Homaemus parvulus (Germar) - Homaemus parvulus Shield-backed Bug - Homaemus parvulus Homaemus sp.? - Homaemus parvulus Bug ~6.5mm - Homaemus parvulus Scutellerid - Homaemus parvulus
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Pachycorinae
Genus Homaemus
Species parvulus (Homaemus parvulus)
Explanation of Names
Homaemus parvulus (Germar 1839)
parvulus = 'smallish'
Range
US (OR-CA to MD-FL) & Mexico(1)(2)
Food
On various grasses (Poaceae) and Asteraceae(3)
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
2.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
3.Pentatomoidea Host Index