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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield Bugs (Acanthosomatidae) » Elasmucha » Elasmucha lateralis

Species Elasmucha lateralis

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Stink Bug - Elasmucha lateralis Stink bug - Elasmucha lateralis Adult stink bug with nymphs - Elasmucha lateralis Shield bug? - Elasmucha lateralis Elasmucha Lateralis with parasites - Elasmucha lateralis Pentatomomorpha (nymph) - Elasmucha lateralis Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Elasmucha lateralis Pennsylvania True Bug for ID - Elasmucha lateralis
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 Acanthosomatidae (Shield Bugs)
Genus Elasmucha
Species lateralis (Elasmucha lateralis)
Explanation of Names
Elasmucha lateralis (Say 1831)
Size
6.5‒9.0 mm(1)
Range
across Canada & n. US, south to CA‒NV in the west and to SC in the east at higher elevations(2)(1)
Habitat
woodlands
Food
birch seems to be a preferred host (leaves, catkins), but adults may occur on other plants as well(1)
Life Cycle
bivoltine; overwinters as adults(1)
Remarks
female broods the eggs and guards hatchlings(1)
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.New state and provincial records for some nearctic true bugs (Hem.:Heteroptera) from the Ill. Nat.Hist. Survey Insect Collection
Swanson D.R. 2021. Great Lakes Entomol. 54: 104‒142.
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 April, 2005 - 6:57am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 29 August, 2023 - 8:22pm

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