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Augocoris illustris
Species
Augocoris illustris
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
Scutelleridae (Shield-backed Bugs)
Subfamily
Scutellerinae
Genus
Augocoris
Species
illustris
(Augocoris illustris)
Explanation of Names
Augocoris illustris
(Fabricius 1781)
Range
FL & Mexico to Argentina
(
1
)
Food
on
Chrysophyllum oliviforme
(Sapotaceae)
(
2
)
Remarks
good photo
here
-- i'll try to get it for the guide
Works Cited
1.
Shield Bugs (Scutelleridae)
Joseph Eger, Aline Barcellos, Luciana Weiler. 2015. Springer.
2.
Pentatomoidea Host Index
Contributed by
v belov
on 11 November, 2010 - 10:01am
Additional contributions by
Mike Quinn
Last updated 7 August, 2019 - 12:41pm