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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Leatherbugs (Coreoidea) » Leaf-footed Bugs (Coreidae) » Coreinae » Chelinideini » Chelinidea » Cactus Coreid (Chelinidea vittiger)

Species Chelinidea vittiger - Cactus Coreid

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Bug on Cholla Cactus - Chelinidea vittiger

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Chelinidea vittiger? Missouri in May - Chelinidea vittiger

Chelinidea vittiger - Cactus Coreid - Chelinidea vittiger

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 Chelinideini

Genus Chelinidea

Species vittiger (Cactus Coreid)

Explanation of Names

Chelinidea vittiger Uhler 1863

vittiger 'stripe-bearing'

Size

Adults 12-15 mm(1)

Range

QC-VA-FL to SK-AB-OR-CA & Mexico(2)(3)

Food

prickly pear cacti, Opuntia spp.

Life Cycle

First eggs are laid in March, longitudinally on the underside of prickly pear spines. The egg laying period in each generation extends over 2-3 months, the rate of nymphal development varies considerably; adults long-lived (9-12 months).

Remarks

represented in se. US by the ssp. C. v. aequoris

introduced to Australia to combat the invasive prickly pear cacti (proven ineffective)

Print References

DeVol JE, Goeden RD. (1973) Biology of Chelinidea vittiger with notes on its host-plant relationships and value in biological weed control. Envir. Entomol. 2: 231-240.

Internet References

Featured Creatures (Mead & Herring 2014)(4)

Works Cited

1.	A review of the cactus bugs of the genus Chelinidea with the description of a new species (Hemiptera: Coreidae) Herring J.L. 1980. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 82: 237-251.

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

4.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

Contributed by tom murray on 20 July, 2005 - 6:31pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 2 June, 2021 - 11:45am

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