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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Cimicomorpha » Miroidea » Plant Bugs (Miridae) » Bryocorinae » Eccritotarsini » Halticotoma » Yucca Plant Bug (Halticotoma valida)

Species Halticotoma valida - Yucca Plant Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

Halticotoma valida Townsend - Halticotoma valida

Bent-back Yucca Plant Bug - Lateral - Halticotoma valida

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 Bryocorinae

Tribe Eccritotarsini

Genus Halticotoma

Species valida (Yucca Plant Bug)

Other Common Names

Yucca Bug

Explanation of Names

Halticotoma valida Townsend, 1892

valid (L). 'strong' (1)

Numbers

5 spp. n. of Mex. (2)

Other spp. only listed for AZ (3) or WA (1)...

Size

2-3 mm (guide images)

Identification

Immature and adult Yucca Plant Bugs

Det. M. A. Quinn, 2013

Range

e. to sw. US - Map (CA-FL-DE-NE) (2)(3)

Food

Yucca spp. - Agavaceae

Life Cycle

In North Carolina eggs hatched in late March, and first generation adults were abundant by 1 May. Nymphal first-instars of the second generation were present by 1 June, and adults were common by 1 July. At least 2 more generations occurred before killing frosts. (Wheeler, 1976)

Remarks

Type Locality: NM

Print References

Townsend, C.H.T. 1892. Biologic notes on New Mexico insects. Can. Ent. 24: 193-200 (BHL).

Wheeler Jr., A.G. 1976. Yucca plant bug, Halticotoma valida: authorship, distribution, host plants, and notes on biology. Florida Entomologist 59: 71–75. (Full PDF)

Works Cited

1.	Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms Donald J. Borror. 1960. Mayfield Publishing Company.

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)

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 22 November, 2005 - 3:18pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Mike Quinn
Last updated 26 August, 2023 - 6:40pm

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