Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar

TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Photo#1312043
How do you tell the chinch bug species apart? - Blissus

How do you tell the chinch bug species apart? - Blissus
Bellaire, Harris County, Texas, USA
October 24, 2016
Size: 2 mm
I'm looking at the various likely species of Blissus, and (as a very very amateur entomologist), I can't tell the difference among insularis, leucopterus, and occidus. They've all got the same white wings with a black triangle, red-brown legs, slightly clubby antennae...does anyone know what I should be looking at, to figure out for sure which mine is? The only real clue I can think of is size; this guy seems full-grown, but he was only 2 or 3 mm long. Thanks!

Images of this individual: tag all
How do you tell the chinch bug species apart? - Blissus How do you tell the chinch bug species apart? - Blissus How do you tell the chinch bug species apart? - Blissus

Moved
Moved from True Bugs.

Moved (back) from Chinch Bugs
Putting this back in ID Request since it's not getting any bites on its genus page. Would love it if someone knows the answer.

Moved from Chinch Bugs.

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.