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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Shield-backed Bugs (Scutelleridae) » Eurygastrinae » Eurygaster » Eurygaster amerinda

Species Eurygaster amerinda

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited
Shield-backed bug - Eurygaster amerinda Shield-backed Bug - Eurygaster amerinda Eurygaster amerinda ? - Eurygaster amerinda Red Shield Bug - Eurygaster amerinda Scutellarid? - Eurygaster amerinda Eurygaster amerinda? - Eurygaster amerinda Eurygaster amerinds - Eurygaster amerinda Unknown Shield Bug - Eurygaster amerinda
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 Pentatomoidea
Family Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily Eurygastrinae
Genus Eurygaster
Species amerinda (Eurygaster amerinda)
Explanation of Names
Eurygaster amerinda Bliven 1956
Size
8.5-10.5 mm(1)
Range
across NA: QC-NT-BC to IL-TX-CA(2)(3)(1)
Food
Carduus pycnocephalus (Asteraceae)(4) [sounds weird to me; 2 more plants from unrelated families listed in(3); still, i doubt this bug is polyphagous. =v=]
Remarks
all the IDs here are tentative
Works Cited
1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska
Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.
3.Additional provincial and state records for Heteroptera (Hemiptera) in Canada and the United States
Scudder G.G.E. 2012. J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Columbia 109: 55−69.
4.Pentatomoidea Host Index
Contributed by v belov on 13 July, 2009 - 12:33pm
Last updated 28 May, 2017 - 12:30pm

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