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unknown Hemipteran - Agonoscelis puberula
Copyright © 2012 Gary McDonald

unknown Hemipteran - Agonoscelis puberula
Willow Springs, San Benito County, California, USA
July 29, 2012
Size: 8.7mm length.
Found on Stachys albens growing around spring. (Blue Oak/grassland habitat).

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unknown Hemipteran - Agonoscelis puberula unknown Hemipteran - Agonoscelis puberula
Contributed by Gary McDonald on 30 July, 2012 - 4:20pm
Last updated 15 June, 2017 - 7:04pm

Thanks, Andrew!
Moved from Stink Bugs.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2012 - 6:48pm

Moved for expert attention
Moved from ID Request.

Agonoscelis puberula would seem to be a possibility:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 30 July, 2012 - 5:47pm

 
Yes
This is A. puberula. It can be differentiated from Trichopepla in a few ways, most obvious being the complex, striped venation on the hemelytra of A. puberula. Were this Trichopepla, the venation would be very simple or virtually characterless.
… Andrew Meeds, 30 July, 2012 - 6:45pm

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