Biology:Anasa

Short description: Genus of true bugs

Anasa
Anasa tristis on a yellow summer squash plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Infraorder:	Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily:	Coreoidea
Family:	Coreidae
Subfamily:	Coreinae
Genus:	Anasa
Species
9, See text.

Anasa is a genus of leaf-footed bug in the Coreinae subfamily. The nine described species within this genus are:

• A. andresii
• A. armigera (Horned Squash Bug)
• A. bellator
• A. cornuta
• A. maculipes
• A. repetita
• A. scorbutica
• A. tristis (Squash Bug)
• A. uhleri

Anasa tristis nymphs of several instars, on squash

References

• Bugguide.net. Genus Anasa - Squash Bugs

Wikidata ☰ Q2742522 entry