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Species Sephina gundlachi - Giant Milkweed Bug

location: east central Florida; on red bay (Persea palustris) in mesic hammock - 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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