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Species Holcostethus limbolarius

Mating Holcostethus limbolarius - Holcostethus limbolarius - male - female

Holcostethus limbolarius? - Holcostethus limbolarius

ID this colorado bug - Holcostethus limbolarius

Pentatominae - maybe 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

Species limbolarius (Holcostethus limbolarius)

Explanation of Names

Holcostethus limbolarius (Stål 1872)

Size

7.0-9.0 mm(1)

Identification

compact oval body, dark brown dappled with black; small short head; humeral angles rounded; large triangular scutellum; pronotum and elytra with thin cream-colored margin

Range

widely dist. (NS-BC to GA-CA) / Mex. - Map (2)(1)(3)(4)

Habitat

weedy fields, dry waste places, gardens

Season

Jan-Dec(1)

Life Cycle

See Oetting & Yonke (1971)

Remarks

Type Locality: Texas

Print References

Oetting, R.D. and T.R. Yonke (1971) Biology of Some Missouri Stink Bugs. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 44(4): 446-459. (JSTOR)

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.

2.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

3.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

4.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 April, 2005 - 6:46am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, Ron M., v belov
Last updated 19 July, 2023 - 3:50pm

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