Biology:Coptosoma xanthogramma

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Short description: Insect in Hawaii

Coptosoma xanthogramma
Coptosoma xanthogramma in Hawaii
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Plataspidae
Genus: Coptosoma
Species:
C. xanthogramma
Binomial name
Coptosoma xanthogramma
(White, 1884)

Coptosoma xanthogramma is a species of true bugs belonging to the family Plataspidae and sub-order Heteroptera. It is commonly known as the black stink bug.[1]

It is endemic to Asia and has been found on Luzon in the Philippines, Oahu in Hawaii, Guam and Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands.[2] It is an invasive pest, feeding on legumes and similar plants.

Coptosoma xanthogramma picture.

References

  1. Beardsley, John W.; Fluker, Sam (1967). "Coptosoma xanthogramma (White), (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) a New Pest of Legumes in Hawaii" (in en). Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 19 (3). ISSN 0073-134X. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/10935. 
  2. Headrick, David (2011). Gordh, Gordon. ed. A Dictionary of Entomology. CABI. p. 195. ISBN 9781845935429. 

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