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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 » Spartocerini » Sephina » Giant Milkweed Bug (Sephina gundlachi)

Species Sephina gundlachi - Giant Milkweed Bug

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Coreid, tribe Corecorini, Sephina gundlachi - Sephina gundlachi Mixed Group - Sephina gundlachi eggs - Sephina gundlachi 3 on leaf - Sephina gundlachi Red - - Sephina gundlachi Giant Milkweed Bug - Sephina gundlachi Yellow bug - Sephina gundlachi Yellow bug - 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)
Superfamily Coreoidea
Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)
Subfamily Coreinae
Tribe Spartocerini
Genus Sephina
Species gundlachi (Giant Milkweed Bug)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Orig. Comb: Coreus (Sephina) gundlachi Guerin-Meneville 1857
Sephina grayi Van Duzee NEW SYN (1)
Numbers
1 spp. n. of Mex. (1)
Identification
Range
FL, n. to Gainesville / West Indies (1)
Season
February to October (1)
Food
Confined to climbing milkweed, Cynanchum scoparium (1)
Remarks
Type Locality: Cuba (2)
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.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner
Contributed by Mike Quinn on 9 June, 2006 - 12:26pm
Additional contributions by Boris Bueche
Last updated 27 May, 2011 - 9:40am

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