Species Dysdercus mimulus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Internet References · Works Cited

variety of plant bug - Dysdercus mimulus

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Family Pyrrhocoridae (Red Bugs)

Genus Dysdercus (Cotton Stainers)

Species mimulus (Dysdercus mimulus)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Confused with D. mimus and other spp. in early lit. (1)

Identification

Length 10 mm or less; antennal segment I equal or subequal to segment II.

Range

CA, AZ, TX, FL / C. Amer. / W. Indies (1)

Internet References

UF Featured Creatures Cotton Stainer Fact Sheet - includes key to FL Dysdercus spp.

Works Cited

1.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States By Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner

Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 7 November, 2006 - 9:20am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 12 November, 2009 - 3:33pm

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