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Species Chlorochroa ligata - Conchuela Bug

Conchuela Bug - Chlorochroa ligata Chlorochroa ligata (Say) - Chlorochroa ligata Conchuela Bug - Chlorochroa ligata Pentatomidae - Chlorochroa ligata? - Chlorochroa ligata Conchuela Bug (Chlorochroa ligata) - Chlorochroa ligata Chlorochroa ligata Conchuela bug - Chlorochroa ligata Chlorochroa? Maybe C. ligata?  - 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)
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)
BC WA CO TX
Range
w NA (NT‒BC‒CA to MB‒KS‒TX‒AR) / Mex. - Map (2)(3)
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)