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Species Aelia americana

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Unknown Shield Bug - Aelia americana Bug Nymph - Aelia americana Bug Adult - Aelia americana Bug Adult - Aelia americana Bug Adult - Aelia americana Striped Hemiptera - Aelia americana Homaemus ? - Aelia americana Aelia americana? - Aelia americana

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 Aeliini
Genus Aelia
Species americana (Aelia americana)

Explanation of Names

Aelia americana Dallas 1851

Size

7.0‒9.0 mm(1)

Range

most of NA except the Atlantic Coast (AK‒*CA to NT‒ON‒MI‒AR‒AL)(2)(*BG data)

Habitat

associated with grasses, may be common in wheat, rye, or barley fields(1)

Food

probably developing grain(1)

Life Cycle

5th instar

Works Cited

1.The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America
J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.
2.A distributional synopsis of the Pentatomidae (Heteroptera) north of Mexico, including new state and provincial records
Rider, D.A. and Swanson, D.R. 2021. Zootaxa, 5015(1), 1–69.
Contributed by v belov on 4 July, 2012 - 1:19pm
Additional contributions by Andrew Meeds, Mike Quinn
Last updated 23 August, 2025 - 12:48pm

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