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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Coreoidea » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Anisoscelini » Leptoglossus » Leptoglossus phyllopus

Species Leptoglossus phyllopus

Classification · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Anisoscelini
Genus Leptoglossus
Species phyllopus (Leptoglossus phyllopus)
Identification
The straight white or pale yellow bar crossing the back is distinctive to this species. In other Leptoglossus species it may be zig-zagging or broken into dots. In one species (L.ashmeadi) it is yellow-orange.
Range
Widespread through eastern and southern states, west to California.
Food
Nymphs and adults suck juices from a variety of plants. This bug is particularly noted as a pest on citrus, on which it causes premature fruit drop, but also known to damage many other crops and ornamental plants. Apparently most common on thistle in FL, and on Yucca in KS (1)
Life Cycle
Eggs are cylindrical and are laid end to end in a line, often along the midrib of a plant leaf. Bug molts several times with each successive nymph becoming more similar to the reproductive adult. Leaf-like projections on legs do not develop until later stages.
Internet References
University of Florida. PDF document
University of Florida
The Great Lakes Entomologist with a key to species of Leptoglossus
TAMU
Works Cited
1.Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides)
By Whitney Cranshaw
Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, KenW
Last updated 22 April, 2012 - 6:15pm

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