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Species Mozena lunata

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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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Nematopini
Genus Mozena
Species lunata (Mozena lunata)
Explanation of Names
Mozena lunata (Burmeister 1835)
Numbers
2 sspp., both in our area(1)
Identification
adults have pale terminal antennal tips:


immatures variable in color, but basal half of penultimate antennal segment is pale:
Range
sw.TX to sw.LA to Costa Rica - Map (2)(1)(3), mostly s. of Houston to Austin to Del Rio,
literature records for AZ & NM may refer to Mozena arizonensis Ruckes 1955
Life Cycle
See Also
Mozena obtusa - adults w dark antennal tips


immatures lack prominent pronotal corners of lunata (see below)
Print References
Brailovsky H., Mayorga C., Ortega Leon G., Barrera E. (1995) Estadios ninfales de los Coreidos del Valle de Tehuacán, Puebla, México (Hemiptera-Heteroptera) II. Especies asociadas a Huizacheras (Acacia spp.) y Mezquiteras (Prosopis spp.): Mozena lunata, Pachylis hector, Savius jurgiosus jurgiosus y Thasus gigas. An. Inst. Biol. Univ. Nal. Autón. México, Ser. Zool. 66: 57-80.
Internet References
Works Cited
1.Catalog of the Coreidae, or Leaf-Footed Bugs, of the New World
Richard Packauskas. 2010. Fort Hays State University.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)