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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » True Bugs (Heteroptera) » Pentatomomorpha » Pyrrhocoroidea » Bordered Plant Bugs (Largidae) » Largini » Largus » Largus californicus

Species Largus californicus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Works Cited
Big ol' bug - Largus californicus Yellow-shouldered bug - Largus californicus Plant bug - Largus californicus Snoozin' bug - Largus californicus Largus californicus - male Bordered Plant Bug - Largus californicus possible Largus californicus, Oceano, CA - Largus californicus Largid found on sloughed-off pine bark - Largus californicus
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 Pyrrhocoroidea
Family Largidae (Bordered Plant Bugs)
Tribe Largini
Genus Largus
Species californicus (Largus californicus)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Largus cinctus californicus Van Duzee 1923
may or may not be distinct from L. cinctus
Size
~13 mm(1)
Range
CA, CO, Mexico per (2), but not mentioned in (3) (which means that the species does not occur in Mexico, or, probably, not recognized as species)
Food
Mostly plants (flowers, leaves, fruit) from a range of families, with a preference for lupines; not considered a pest of economic importance(4)
Works Cited
1.Insects of the Los Angeles Basin, 2nd edition
Charles L. Hogue. 1992. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
2.Catalog of the Heteroptera, or True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States
Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. 1988. Brill Academic Publishers.
3.Revisión del género Largus (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Largidae) para México
Carlos Rosas, Harry Brailovsky. 2016. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87, 347-375.
4.Heteroptera of economic importance
Schaefer C.W., Panizzi A.R. (eds). 2000. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 828 pp.
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 26 January, 2007 - 11:11pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Chuck Entz, Aaron Schusteff, v belov
Last updated 2 August, 2023 - 5:19pm

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