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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Coreoidea » Scentless Plant Bugs (Rhopalidae) » Rhopalinae » Niesthrini » Niesthrea » Niesthrea louisianica

Species Niesthrea louisianica

Classification · Numbers · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Plant Bug - Niesthrea louisianica Niesthrea louisianica Sailer - Niesthrea louisianica Niesthrea louisianica - Niesthrea louisianica - male - female Niesthrea louisianica Scentless Plant Bug Nymph - Niesthrea louisianica Clustered bugs for ID - Niesthrea louisianica Identify insect - Niesthrea louisianica Reality Check: Liorhyssus hyalinus? - Niesthrea louisianica
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 Rhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Subfamily Rhopalinae
Tribe Niesthrini
Genus Niesthrea
Species louisianica (Niesthrea louisianica)
Numbers
6.5-8.5 mm(1)
Identification
varies in color from reddish to dark brown to grayish yellow; thickly sprinkled with dark spots(1)
Nymphs Adults
Range
NY-FL west to IA-UT-AZ(1)(2)
Food
hosts include Hibiscus and other Malvaceae(1); feeds on flower buds and seeds; an important biocontrol agent of velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)(2)
Life Cycle
Eggs are laid in masses on the undersides of leaves.
Works Cited
1.How to Know the True Bugs
By Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M.
2.The Rhopalidae of Florida, by J. Steill & J. Meyer
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 19 May, 2006 - 7:23am
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 7 November, 2010 - 1:44am

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