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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 » Nezarini » Green Stink Bug (Chinavia) » Green Stink Bug (Chinavia hilaris)

Species Chinavia hilaris - Green Stink Bug

Classification · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Habitat · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References · Works Cited

stink bug nymph - Thyanta? - Chinavia hilaris

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 Nezarini

Genus Chinavia (Green Stink Bug)

Species hilaris (Green Stink Bug)

Other Common Names

Green Soldier Bug

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Chinavia hilaris (Say)

Orig. Comb: Pentatoma hilaris Say, 1832

Syn: Acrosternum hilare (Say)

Explanation of Names

hilaris = 'lively, cheerful'

Size

13-19 mm(1)

Range

throughout US & adjacent Canada (NS*-FL to BC-CA), ne. Mexico(2)(3)(*BG data)

Habitat

Woodlands, edges, cultivated land

Food

extremely polyphagous: recorded from 20 plant families(4); adults and older nymphs prefer developing seeds and fruit. May be a pest on soybean, cotton, fruit trees (esp. peach), and many vegetables(5)(6)

Life Cycle

"Keg-shaped" eggs are attached to the underside of leaves in double rows of twelve or more. One generation per year in North, two in south.

Hatchlings (1st and 2nd instars):

3rd instar:

4th instar:

5th instar:

Our best interpretation based upon photos here(7)

See Also

Nezara viridula: scutellum has black (not pale) dot in each basal corner; connexivum uniformly colored, with no or faint dark dot on apical margin of each segment; pronotal sides slightly concave in anterior half; medial spine of second abdominal sternite rounded (not pointed); ventral scent gland pore short and broad (not long and curved); nymphs vary greatly in appearance according to age

Internet References

Species page - David A. Rider, NDSU(8)

Featured Creatures - Gomez & Mizell 2010(9)

Works Cited

1.	The Pentatomoidea (Hemiptera) of Northeastern North America J.E. McPherson. 1982. Southern Illinois University Press.

2.	Checklist of the Hemiptera of Canada and Alaska Maw, H.E.L., R.G. Foottit, K.G.A. Hamilton and G.G.E. Scudder. 2000. NRC Research Press.

3.	Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.

4.	Pentatomoidea Host Index

5.	Heteroptera of economic importance Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.

6.	Garden Insects of North America : The Ultimate Guide to Backyard Bugs (Princeton Field Guides) Whitney Cranshaw. 2004. Princeton University Press.

7.	Forestry Images: Insects

8.	Rider D. (2006-2013) Pentatomoidea home page

9.	University of Florida: Featured Creatures

Contributed by Cotinis on 12 December, 2004 - 11:00am
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, john and jane balaban, Beatriz Moisset, Ethanjf, Robin McLeod, Lynette Elliott, Chuck Entz, Mike Quinn, ceiseman, v belov
Last updated 29 May, 2018 - 11:12am

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