Species Catorhintha mendica

Catorhintha nymph on Four O'Clock - Catorhintha mendica

True bug on 4 o clock - Catorhintha mendica

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 Coreoidea (Leatherbugs)

Family Coreidae (Leaf-footed Bugs)

Subfamily Coreinae

Tribe Hypselonotini

Genus Catorhintha

Species mendica (Catorhintha mendica)

Explanation of Names

Catorhintha mendica Stål 1870

Range

MB‒ON‒*QC to AZ‒TX‒FL to Mexico(1)(2)(*BG data)

Internet References

Species page(2)

Works Cited

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

2.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 21 November, 2008 - 10:18am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 23 December, 2024 - 4:01pm

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