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The green shield bug (Palomena prasina) is a Palearctic shield bug species in the family Pentatomidae. The name might equally apply to several other species in the tribe Nezarini, or if referred-to as a "green stink bug", it might [why?] more appropriately belong to the larger North American bug, Chinavia hilaris. The adult green shield bug ...
Nezara viridula, commonly known as the southern green stink bug (USA), southern green shield bug (UK) or green vegetable bug (Australia and New Zealand), is a plant-feeding stink bug. Believed to have originated in Ethiopia , it can now be found across the world. [ 1 ]
Oncacontias vittatus Rhopalimorpha lineolaris juvenile, last instar. Acanthosomatidae is a family of Hemiptera, commonly named "shield bugs" and sometimes "stink bugs".Kumar in his 1974 world revision recognized 47 genera; [1] now this number is 55 genera, with about 200 species, and it is one of the least diverse families within Pentatomoidea.
Scutelleridae – known as jewel bugs or shield-backed bugs. Composed of 81 genera and about 450 species. Tessaratomidae – known as giant shield bugs because they are usually relatively large. Has about 55 genera and 240 species worldwide (mainly in the Old World tropics).
Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea , and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.
Glaucias amyoti, commonly called the Australasian green shield bug or New Zealand vegetable bug, is a species of shield bug found in Australia, New Zealand, Timor and New Guinea. [ 1 ] Adults and juveniles feed off plants including certain Coprosma , Griselinia and Myoporum species.
Hemiptera (/ h ɛ ˈ m ɪ p t ər ə /; from Ancient Greek hemipterus 'half-winged') is an order of insects, commonly called true bugs, comprising over 80,000 species within groups such as the cicadas, aphids, planthoppers, leafhoppers, assassin bugs, bed bugs, and shield bugs.
B. thalassina is a large, mostly green species of shield bug with a length of 20–21 mm. The flattened lateral border of the abdomen (connexivum) has a black pattern more or less black with round pale spot in middle of each segment.