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Genus Holcostethus

Almost Unpronounceable - Holcostethus limbolarius

Euschistus sp? - Holcostethus limbolarius - male

Holcostethus limbolarius? - Holcostethus limbolarius

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

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

Suborder Heteroptera (True Bugs)

Infraorder Pentatomomorpha

Superfamily Pentatomoidea

Family Pentatomidae (Stink Bugs)

Subfamily Pentatominae

Tribe Carpocorini

Genus Holcostethus

Explanation of Names

Holcostethus Fieber 1860

Numbers

7 spp. in our area, 12 total(1)

Size

8‒10 mm(2)

Identification

key to spp. in (2)

Range

throughout NA, more diverse in the west(2); Eurasia

Habitat

weedy fields, dry waste places

Season

Apr‒Nov

Works Cited

1.	A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.

2.	Revision of the genus Holcostethus in North America (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) McDonald F.J.D. 1974. J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 82: 245–258.

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 April, 2005 - 6:45am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, v belov
Last updated 19 August, 2025 - 11:26pm

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