Genus Bagrada

Classification · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Whatzit? It has the Harlequin Bug palette, but lacks its design sense. - Bagrada hilaris - male - female

Exotic Stink Bug in California (October) - Bagrada hilaris

Mating Pair on Mustard - Bagrada hilaris - male - female

Bagrada hilaris infestation (mostly immatures) - Bagrada hilaris

First of these I've seen at Irvine Regional Park - Bagrada hilaris

Stink Bug, Bagrada hilaris - Bagrada hilaris

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 Strachiini

Genus Bagrada

Remarks

The genus Bagrada is not native to North America. The one presently at bugguide has been identified as B. hilaris (please see species page), which is described as shield-shaped, 5-7 mm long, black on top, with white and orange markings.

B. cruciferarum adults are black, with yellow and pink spots; males 5.29mm, females 7.12mm (see Schaefer & Panizzi, p.450; (1))

Print References

Ahmad, I., Kamaluddin S., 1981. A revision of the subgenus Bagrada Stål, 1862 (Heteroptera, Pentatomidae) from Pakistan with reference to zoogeography and phylogeny. 21pp.

Internet References

Photo of Bagrada at Insectimages.org, not identified to species.

Heteroptera of Concern to Southern U.S., Julieta Brambila, USDA-APHIS_PPQ PDF format; scroll to "The Painted Bug, Bagrada Bug".

INFONET BIOVISION page on B. hilaris, and B. cruciferarum as crop pests in Africa.

Namibian Crop Pests page on Bagrada hilaris

Works Cited

1.	Heteroptera of Economic Importance By Carl W. Schaefer, and Antonio Ricardo Panizzi

Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 August, 2008 - 5:55pm
Last updated 23 September, 2008 - 7:41pm

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