Species Arvelius albopunctatus - Tomato Stink Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Range · Food · Works Cited

Tomato stink bug - Arvelius albopunctatus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Chlorocorini

Genus Arvelius

Species albopunctatus (Tomato Stink Bug)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Arvelius gladiator (Fabricius, 1775)

Cimex albopunctatus De Geer, 1773

Numbers

1 sp. n. of Mex. (1)

Range

AZ, CO, TX, FL (1)

Food

It is a plant-feeder, with hosts including tomato, potato, sweet potato, green beans, sunflower, pepper, eggplant, okra, and soybean.

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner

Contributed by john and jane balaban on 18 June, 2007 - 2:18pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 16 September, 2009 - 4:05pm

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