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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Carpocorini » Trichopepla » Trichopepla semivittata

Species Trichopepla semivittata

Classification · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Remarks · Works Cited

Which bug, please? - Trichopepla semivittata

stinkbug with nymphs - Trichopepla semivittata

Trichopepla semivittata, Pentatomidae family stink bug on Dill - Trichopepla semivittata

Pentatomidae sp - Trichopepla semivittata

Need help to id this beetle 2nd view - Trichopepla semivittata

stink bug nymph - Trichopepla semivittata

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 Trichopepla

Species semivittata (Trichopepla semivittata)

Explanation of Names

Trichopepla semivittata (Say 1832)

semivittata - semi-lined

Size

5.5-8.0 mm(1)

Identification

variable

Range

e US (NY-FL to NE-TX) / Mex. - Map (2)(3), plus limited AZ & NM records

Food

feeds on var. Apiaceae (4)

Remarks

"They rarely occur alone and sometimes can be pretty numerous. The stripes and amount of light or dark brown can vary quite a bit, and I've even seen individuals with a decidedly pink tinge. They seem to feed on a variety of plants, mostly weeds. I have found large populations of T. semivittata in the autumn on Eryngo (Eryngium leavenworthii, Apiaceae), at which time they were mating and laying eggs. Nymphs are brown with transverse stripes.

In the spring, I've seen adults feeding on Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum, Apiaceae)."(5)

e.g.

Works Cited

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

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.	Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

4.	How to Know the True Bugs Slater, James A., and Baranowski, Richard M. 1978. Wm. C. Brown Company.

5.	Austin bug collection

Contributed by tom murray on 4 November, 2005 - 6:56am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 11 April, 2023 - 2:27pm

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