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Chlorochroa

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Chlorochroa
Chlorochroa sp. (likely ligata or kanei)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Nezarini
Genus: Chlorochroa
Stål, 1872
Synonyms
  • Pitedia Reuter, 1888

Chlorochroa[1] is a genus of shield (stink) bugs in the family Pentatomidae, found in Europe and North America. There are over 20 described species in Chlorochroa.[2][3]

Chlorochroa uhleri
Chlorochroa ligata
Chlorochroa sp.

Description

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Adult Chlorochroa range in size from 8-19 mm long and are broadly oval in shape.[2] They are green to brownish or almost black in colour, and have a pale red/yellow/whitish margin around the body excluding the head.[2][4] For at least some species, colouration varies with latitude, being darker in the south and greener in the north.[2] The scutellum is long and triangular, sometimes has three bumps along the base and usually the tip is paler than the rest.[2][4] The forewing membrane is often translucent.[2][4]

Nymphal Chlorochroa are mostly black except (as in adults) for a yellow/white margin around the body excluding the head.[4]

Different species of Chlorochroa look very similar. They are distinguished mainly by the shape of the male genitalia and, to a lesser extent, by their distributions.[2]

Diet

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Chlorochroa feed on a range of different plants including apple, cotton, grape, English holly, Himalayan blackberry, hawthorn, arborvitae, groundsel, clover, alfalfa and cocklebur.[4]

Life cycle

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The life cycle consists of the three stages of egg, nymph and adult. There are five nymphal instars.[2]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Stål C (1872) K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 10, no. 4.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Chlorochroa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Chlorochroa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Chlorochroa sp". Oregon Department of Agriculture guides. Retrieved 18 July 2022.


Further reading

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  • Ross H. Arnett (30 July 2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press. ISBN 978-0-8493-0212-1.
  • Thomas J. Henry, Richard C. Froeschner. (1988). Catalog of the Heteroptera, True Bugs of Canada and the Continental United States. Brill Academic Publishers.
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