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Copyright © 2013 Eric R. Eaton

Stink bug - Chlorochroa viridicata

Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA
July 16, 2013
Size: ~7-8 mm

Another odd pentatomid from a degraded shortgrass prairie habitat near my home.

Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 11 August, 2013 - 7:55pm
Last updated 24 February, 2017 - 11:00am

Moved tentatively

Moved from Subgenus Rhytidolomia.

… v belov, 23 February, 2017 - 2:34pm

How about C. viridicata (Walker)?

It looks exactly like a specimen I collected in Colfax County, NM last summer, which keyed out handily to this sp. Not teneral; green is the mature color. Also the small size (less than 10 mm) is characteristic. Native to the Rockies and Great Plains, per revision by DB Thomas (1983).

… Jason Botz, 23 February, 2017 - 2:08pm

Don says, "If it is only 7.5 mm then I agree, C. viridicata"

yaaaay

… v belov, 24 February, 2017 - 11:35am

thanks again, Jason --must be it

great addition; beautiful bug, too -- and now looks distinctive enough to me, too

i'll ask Don to take another look at some point, he's already swamped by my requests

… v belov, 23 February, 2017 - 2:36pm

Don Thomas says, "my best guess is a teneral belfragei"

… v belov, 12 September, 2013 - 4:20pm

Moved tentatively; nice find --must be new to the Guide!

Moved from True Bugs.

… v belov, 4 September, 2013 - 3:52pm

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… john and jane balaban, 18 August, 2013 - 10:37pm

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