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pale-speckled black plant bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus - male
Copyright © 2006 Robin McLeod

pale-speckled black plant bug - Orthocephalus coriaceus - Male
Ailsa Craig, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
June 23, 2006
attracted to light; presumably Miridae

update: thanks to WonGun for the genus ID
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 24 June, 2006 - 12:04am
Last updated 5 June, 2009 - 8:38pm

Thanks, WonGun.
Moved from Plant Bugs to new species page based on info and images linked to in Guide.
… Robin McLeod, 4 December, 2008 - 4:46pm

maybe Orthocephalus male...
^^
… WonGun Kim, 25 October, 2008 - 10:12pm

 
I'm now sure!
See a famous Asian species Orthocephalus funestus. ^^

http://biodb.i.hosei.ac.jp/nagaike/FMPro?-db=nagname.fp5&-format=namepage.html&-lay=page&NagID=Nag01293&-Script=OneNamePage&-Find

http://www3.pf-x.net/~tosakah/kamemusi/html/kuromarukasumikame_01.html

http://blog.naver.com/ipmkorea/30024526973
… WonGun Kim, 27 November, 2008 - 4:08am

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