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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pentatomoidea » Stink Bugs (Pentatomidae) » Pentatominae » Piezodorini » Piezodorus

Genus Piezodorus

Classification · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Works Cited
Small green stink bug - Piezodorus guildinii Small Green Stink Bug - Piezodorus guildinii Nymphs - Piezodorus guildinii Red-banded Stink Bug - Piezodorus guildinii Red-banded Stink Bug - Piezodorus guildinii Piezodorus guildinii Piezodorus lituratus Stink Bug ID request - Piezodorus guildinii
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 Piezodorini
Genus Piezodorus
Explanation of Names
Piezodorus Fieber 1860
Numbers
2 spp. in our area(1)
Identification
nymphs of P. lituratus are brown in the autumn, matching the color of legume seedpods; newly-emerged adults of P. lituratus are green and purple in the autumn (in the spring, after overwintering, they are green)
Range
so. US to the neotropics; also Eurasia
Season
adults of P. lituratus from spring through fall (adults of P. guildinii may be active year-round); nymphs in summer and fall
Food
nymphs and adults feed on legumes (plants in the pea family)
Life Cycle
P. guildinii may be active year-round and have 2 or 3 generations, or it may spend the winter resting on non-host plants; P. lituratus overwinters as an adult, lays eggs in spring
Works Cited
1.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
Contributed by Hannah Nendick-Mason on 25 November, 2004 - 6:47am
Additional contributions by Robin McLeod, Mike Quinn, v belov
Last updated 20 March, 2015 - 5:48am

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