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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Green Stink Bugs and Allies (Nezarini) » Chlorochroa » Subgenus Chlorochroa (Chlorochroa Subgenus Chlorochroa) » Conchuela Bug (Chlorochroa ligata)

Species Chlorochroa ligata - Conchuela Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Black and red shield bug? - Chlorochroa ligata

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Chonchuela stink bug? - Chlorochroa ligata

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 Nezarini (Green Stink Bugs and Allies)

Genus Chlorochroa

No Taxon (Subgenus Chlorochroa)

Species ligata (Conchuela Bug)

Other Common Names

Conchuela Stink Bug

Explanation of Names

Chlorochroa ligata (Say 1832)

ligata = 'bound, tied'

Size

13-19 mm(1)

Identification

Black in the south, green in the north, and sort of purplish-green in the transitional area (there are some other clues, usually invisible on the photos). Geography helps narrow it down. (D.B. Thomas, pers. comm. to =v=, 6.x.2009)

examples: BC | WA | CO | TX

Range

w. NA (BC-NT-MB to CA-TX) & Mex(2)(3)

Season

mostly: May-Oct (BG data)

Food

prefers fleshy fruits of various plants, especially agarita, balsam-gourd and mesquite; also on sage, yucca, mustards, prickly pear (Opuntia)(4), and various crops (cotton, alfalfa, corn, sorghum, grapes, peas, tomatoes, etc.); primarily a seed feeder preferring leguminous plants (once mesquite beans dry, the bugs move to more succulent plants).

many observed, including likely eggs and nymphs, on allthorn (Koeberlinia spinosa) (BG data)

Life Cycle

Adults overwinter, coming out in spring to feed, mate, and lay eggs. They are sometimes very numerous and feed in groups that can include nymphs of all ages as well as adults.(4)

See Also

Cosmopepla decorata (Hahn)

- Range: AZ-TX

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013

Print References

Bagwell, G., A. Cokj, J. Millar. 2008. Characterization and comparison of substrate borne vibrational signals of Chlorochroa uhleri, Chlorochroa ligate and Chlorochroa sayi (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae). Annals of the Entomological Society of America 101: 235-246.

Internet References

New Mexico State Univ.

Univ. Alberta

Works Cited

1.	University of Alberta Entomology Collection

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.	Austin bug collection

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 30 June, 2005 - 5:50am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Graham M, v belov, Harsi S. Parker
Last updated 25 April, 2018 - 9:41am

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