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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 » Anisoscelini » Leptoglossus » Western Leaf-footed Bug (Leptoglossus clypealis)

Species Leptoglossus clypealis - Western Leaf-footed Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Range · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Leaf footed Bug - I presume Leptoglossus clypealis - Leptoglossus clypealis Leptoglossus clypealis? - Leptoglossus clypealis Leptoglossus clypealis? Male? - Leptoglossus clypealis - male Leptoglossus clypealis? Male? - Leptoglossus clypealis - male Leptoglossus clypealis Western Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus clypealis Leptoglossus zonatus - Leptoglossus clypealis Western Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus clypealis
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 Anisoscelini
Genus Leptoglossus
Species clypealis (Western Leaf-footed Bug)
Other Common Names
the common name "Western Leaf-footed Bug" is confusing, as it is also sometimes applied to L. zonatus, and the Latin name for the "Western Conifer Seed Bug" is L. occidentalis actually means "western"; moreover, this species is not limited to the "West"
Explanation of Names
Leptoglossus clypealis Heidemann 1910
Identification
spine on tylus distinctive
Range
transcontinental [map], US & Mexico(1)(2)
Life Cycle
prob. bivoltine(3)
Remarks
Can damage pistacio, almond, plums(3)
Works Cited
1.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
2.Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
3.Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.
Contributed by Chuck Entz on 18 February, 2006 - 10:17pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Mike Quinn, David Ferguson, v belov, KenW
Last updated 21 July, 2023 - 8:38pm

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