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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Strachiini » Bagrada » Bagrada Bug (Bagrada hilaris)

Species Bagrada hilaris - Bagrada Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
Whatzit? It has the Harlequin Bug palette, but lacks its design sense. - Bagrada hilaris - male - female Male - Bagrada hilaris - male Bagrada hilaris infestation (mostly immatures) - Bagrada hilaris Bagrada hilaris mating - Bagrada hilaris - male - female Bagrada bugs on encelia - Bagrada hilaris - male - female Small Pentatomid - 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)
Superfamily Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Strachiini
Genus Bagrada
Species hilaris (Bagrada Bug)
Other Common Names
Painted Bug
Size
5-7 mm(1)
Identification
habitus distinctive among NA Pentatomidae
Range
native to Africa, adventive elsewhere, incl. the New World (CA, AZ), the eastern Mediterranean, and so. Asia(1)
Food
hosts: primarily Brassicaceae, but also members or many other families(1)
Life Cycle
Eggs laid in clusters on leaves or soil; five nymphal instars(1)
Remarks
potential pest, especially of cruciferous crops (Brassicaceae, i.e. cabbage, kale, mustard), but also other crops (incl., at least in Africa, cotton, millet, potato).
earliest NA record: CA 2008 (Los Angeles Co.)
Internet References
Fact sheets: by G. Arakelian(2)(3), infonet-biovision (Africa; includes map)
Works Cited
1.California plant pest & disease report, Vol. 25 (Jan 2008 through Dec 2009)
By S. Gaimari & M. O’Donnell, eds.
2.University of California Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program
3.Invasive species in California
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 August, 2008 - 6:48pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 27 January, 2012 - 2:28am

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