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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 » Leptoglossus phyllopus

Species Leptoglossus phyllopus

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

Leaf-footed bug nymph - Leptoglossus phyllopus

Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus

Nymphs on a thistle. Species? - Leptoglossus phyllopus

Which bug is this?> - Leptoglossus phyllopus

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 phyllopus (Leptoglossus phyllopus)

Other Common Names

Eastern Leaf-footed Bug (1)

Explanation of Names

Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus 1767)

phyllo, phyll (Greek): leaf

-pus, (Greek): foot

Size

18-20 mm(2)

Identification

The straight white or pale yellow bar crossing the back is distinctive to this species (zig-zagging or broken into dots in other congeners).

Range

e. US to CA (NY-IA-TX-CA) to Costa Rica(3)(4)

Food

polyphagous(4); most common on thistle in FL, and on Yucca in KS(5)

Life Cycle

Eggs are cylindrical and are laid end to end in a line, often along the midrib of a plant leaf. Leptoglossus progress through five instars with each successive nymph becoming more similar to the reproductive adult. Leaf-like projections on hind tibiae begin developing in fourth-instar nymphs.

eggs laid in a line; first-instar nymph; second-instar nymph; third-instar nymph; fourth-instar nymph; fifth-instar nymph:

Remarks

may damage a number of crops (esp. citrus, tomatoes) and ornamentals(6)

Internet References

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Works Cited

1.	American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.

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

3.	Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0

4.	Coreidae of Florida (Hemiptera, Heteroptera). Baranowski, R.M. and J.A. Slater. 1986. Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas. Vol. 12, no. 630. viii + 82 pp.

5.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

6.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

Contributed by Troy Bartlett on 16 February, 2004 - 12:32pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Mike Quinn, v belov, KenW, dvoribird
Last updated 8 February, 2023 - 6:00pm

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