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Species Coenus delius

A very ovoidal stink bug - Coenus delius

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 Carpocorini

Genus Coenus

Species delius (Coenus delius)

Explanation of Names

Coenus delius (Say 1832)

Size

8.5-10.5 mm(1)

Identification

usually pale, plump pentatomid with long rounded scutellum(1)

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2011

Range

e NA to BC(2)(3), uncommon across s. US (BG data)

Coenus delius is the only species in the genus found in the northern United States and in Canada. The only other Nearctic member of the genus is Coenus inermis, not described until 1936, which lives in the southeastern United States. (American Insects)

Food

Pennisetum glaucum, Elymus virginiana, Verbascum thapsum, Verbascum blattaria, Polygonumsp., Mentha spicata, Trifolium sp., Trifolium pratense, Phleun pratense, Poa pratense, Solidago sp., Lespedeza cuneata, Meliotus alba

Life Cycle

univoltine; overwinters as adults(1)

Internet References

North Dakota State University Fungi or Plant Host records

American Insects

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

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

Contributed by Tim Loh on 4 March, 2009 - 10:55am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov, Marci Hess
Last updated 6 July, 2017 - 6:03pm

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