Species Banasa dimiata

Classification · Other Common Names · Range · Food · Internet References

Stink Bug (Banasa dimiata) - Banasa dimiata

red and green stink bug - Banasa dimiata

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)

Genus Banasa

Species dimiata (Banasa dimiata)

Other Common Names

Previously spelled dimidiata but now considered to be dimiata, see Froeschner, 1988

Range

Reported from the entire United States, southern Canada and northern Mexico by Thomas and Yonke (1981).

Food

Many different possible host plants are listed for this species, including Birch (Betula spp.), Bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.) and Photinia spp..

Internet References

Plant Host records - Pentatominae

Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 21 April, 2005 - 6:43am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason
Last updated 9 July, 2006 - 8:06am

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