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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 » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Green Stink Bugs and Allies (Nezarini) » Chlorochroa » Subgenus Chlorochroa (Chlorochroa Subgenus Chlorochroa) » Chlorochroa opuntiae

Species Chlorochroa opuntiae

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
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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 Pentatomoidea
Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)
Subfamily Pentatominae
Tribe Nezarini (Green Stink Bugs and Allies)
Genus Chlorochroa
No Taxon (Subgenus Chlorochroa)
Species opuntiae (Chlorochroa opuntiae)
Explanation of Names
Chlorochroa opuntiae Esselbaugh 1948
Size
11‒16 mm(1)
Identification
Rostrum exceptionally long (ventral shots may prove critical). Southern specimens tend to be green and smaller; northern ones, purplish-black and larger(2)
Range
w. NA (AB‒WA‒OR‒AZ to ND‒TX)(3)
Season
Summer months in sw.US
Life Cycle
5th instar nymphs:
Remarks
Found on cholla cactus along with Narnia sp. (Coreidae)
Works Cited
1.The green stink bug genus Chlorochroa Stål (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Canada
Scudder G.G.E., Thomas D.B. 1987. Can. Entomol. 119: 83-93.
2.Taxonomic status of the genera Chlorochroa Stål, Rhytidilomia Stål, Liodermion Kirkaldy, and Pitedia Reuter...
Thomas D.B., Jr. 1983. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 76(2): 215-224.
3.A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records
Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.
Contributed by v belov on 6 October, 2009 - 2:46pm
Additional contributions by Phillip Harpootlian, Andrew Meeds, dmelius
Last updated 4 October, 2023 - 8:42pm

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