Species Dysdercus andreae - St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer

Classification · Size · Identification · Range · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Saint Andrews Cotton Stainer bug - Dysdercus andreae

Cotton Stainers - Dysdercus andreae - male - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pyrrhocoridae (Red Bugs)

Genus Dysdercus (Cotton Stainers)

Species andreae (St. Andrew's Cotton Stainer)

Size

circa 9 mm

Identification

Bright red with a prominent "St. Andrew's Cross" on the hemelytra. (1)

"Length under 12.5 mm; corium and clavus with pale margins forming a "St. Andrews Cross"; black spots of corium variable in shape and size but not round and generally forming a transverse bar near base of membrane; scutellum entirely reddish; collar of pronotum contrasting pale yellow; clavus entirely brown" - UF

Range

Southern Florida and West Indies

Print References

Slater, p. 96--description (1)

Internet References

photo - Hans Hillewaert

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the True Bugs By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.

Contributed by Cotinis on 27 November, 2005 - 6:59pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn
Last updated 13 January, 2009 - 7:03pm

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