Species Phoenicocoris strobicola

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Works Cited

Phoenicocoris strobicola? - Phoenicocoris strobicola

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 Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Miroidea

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Phylinae

Tribe Nasocorini

Genus Phoenicocoris

Species strobicola (Phoenicocoris strobicola)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Author: Knight, 1923 (original genus: Psallus)

Size

3.13-3.50 (male); 2.80-3.15 (female) (1)

Identification

1) Thoracic pleura and lateral margins of abdominal sternum with woolly or scalelike setae;

2) A2 >> head width; and

3) Antennae and legs pale yellow. (1)

Range

eastern Nearctic species found from Nova Scotia west to Ontario and Minnesota in the north, south to West Virginia and Illinois. (1)

Food

Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of Phoenicocoris Reuter ... Schwartz, Michael D. and Stonedahl, Gary M. 2004. American Museum of Natural History.

Contributed by WonGun Kim on 30 May, 2009 - 3:23am

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