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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Leaffooted Bugs (Coreidae) » Sephina » Giant Milkweed Bug (Sephina gundlachi)

Species Sephina gundlachi - Giant Milkweed Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Sephina gundlachi last instar nymph - Sephina gundlachi Nymphs - Sephina gundlachi Mating - Sephina gundlachi - male - female Mixed Group - Sephina gundlachi 3 on leaf - Sephina gundlachi 2fer - Sephina gundlachi Yellow bug - Sephina gundlachi Giant Milkweed Bug (Sephina gundlachi) - Sephina gundlachi
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)
Family Coreidae (Leaffooted Bugs)
Genus Sephina
Species gundlachi (Giant Milkweed Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Sephina grayi
Range
West Indies and Florida, north to Gainesville (1)
Season
February to October (1)
Food
Confined to climbing milkweed, Cynanchum scoparium (1)
Print References
Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera) (1)
Internet References
Online text (1)
line drawing (1)
Works Cited
1.Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera)
By Richard M. Baranowski and James A. Slater. 1986.
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 June, 2006 - 12:26pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 4 May, 2007 - 10:23am

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