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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Lygaeoidea » Seed Bugs (Lygaeidae) » Lygaeinae » Oncopeltus » subgenus Oncopeltus (Oncopeltus subgenus Oncopeltus) » Oncopeltus sanguineolentus

Species Oncopeltus sanguineolentus

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References
Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Small Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus red bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Blood-colored Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Blood-colored Milkweed Bug - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Oncopeltus sp - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Milkweed? - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Red and Black Hemiptera with White Spot - Oncopeltus sanguineolentus
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 Lygaeoidea
Family Lygaeidae (Seed Bugs)
Subfamily Lygaeinae
Genus Oncopeltus
No Taxon (subgenus Oncopeltus)
Species sanguineolentus (Oncopeltus sanguineolentus)
Other Common Names
Blood-colored Milkweed Bug
Explanation of Names
Oncopeltus sanguineolentus Van Duzee, 1914
Range
Apparent host plant is restricted to w. AZ, s. CA, and s. NV. in the U.S.
Food
Seems to have a strong affinity for Rush or Desert Milkweed (Asclepias subulata) - as all photos of the bug are on that species of milkweed (so far)...
Internet References
Discover Life
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 18 December, 2008 - 1:48pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 31 July, 2017 - 11:35am

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