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Species Orsilochides stictica

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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 Pachycorinae
Genus Orsilochides
Species stictica (Orsilochides stictica)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pachycoris sticticus (Dallas 1851)
Explanation of Names
Orsilochides stictica (Dallas 1851)
Size
6.4-8.8 mm(1)
Identification
coloration light brown to orange-brown, usually with vague transverse markings (1)
Range
Gulf coastal plain from MS to Honduras(1)
Food
hosts: plants of 7 families(1)
GBIF (2020) records suggest that the species has a preference for Malvaceae, as Sida rhombifolia Linnaeus and Pavonia lasiopetala Scheele both had multiple records of association with both adults and nymphs. (1)
Works Cited
1.First record of Orsilochides scurrilis (Stål) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Scutelleridae: Pachycorinae) in the United States...
Meeds A.W., Eger J.E., Carnahan S.D. 2021. Insecta Mundi 0884: 1–11.