Thyanta custator accerra - Thyanta custator

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Thyanta custator accerra - Thyanta custator

Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California, USA
May 3, 2004
Size: about 10.5 mm

This brown and tan stink bug, seen on a Jimsonweed (Datura wrightii) leaf in Culp Valley (elevation about 3200') on 3 May 2004,in structurally very similar to another pentatomid I just submited, #238019. The colors are quite different. Possibly a female? or closely related species.

Pentatomids are difficult to tell apart. Any help will be appreciated.

Contributed by Lynn Monroe on 4 November, 2008 - 3:39pm
Last updated 11 December, 2008 - 3:30pm

Moved

Moved from Thyanta.

… Beatriz Moisset, 11 December, 2008 - 3:30pm

ID confirmed by D. B. Thomas: T. custator (Fabricius )

… v belov, 8 October, 2009 - 12:39pm

ID of T. custator confirmed

Thanks for posting this, v belov. I'm happy to have this pentatomid and T. pallidovirens both conformed.

… Lynn Monroe, 9 October, 2009 - 5:49pm

Thyanta custator accerra, i believe

… v belov, 17 November, 2008 - 6:46am

Stink Bug

I found two of these little guys in my daughter's new house in Pennsylvania. Is this bug normal to this area?

Can someone tell me why its called a stink bug?

Thanks for your help.

This is an excellent bug id site.

Beau

… Beau, 12 November, 2008 - 12:41pm

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