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Species Prepops rubrovittatus

Red-bellied Plant Bug - Prepops rubrovittatus

Tribe Resthenini - Prepops rubrovittatus

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 Cimicomorpha

Superfamily Miroidea

Family Miridae (Plant Bugs)

Subfamily Mirinae

Tribe Resthenini

Genus Prepops

Species rubrovittatus (Prepops rubrovittatus)

Explanation of Names

Prepops rubrovittatus (Stål 1862)

rubrovittatus 'red-striped'

Range

e US to NM (ME‒FL to WI‒NM); Mexico(1)

Food

hosts: Salix

Remarks

common arcoss e. TX & e. OK(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.	Texas A&M University Insect Collection (TAMUIC)

Contributed by Ron M. on 23 January, 2009 - 2:40am
Additional contributions by Lynette Elliott, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 27 September, 2023 - 7:52pm

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