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Blissus leucopterus, also known as the true [clarification needed] chinch bug, is a small North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Blissidae. [2] It is the most commonly encountered species of the genus Blissus, which are all known as chinch bugs. A closely related species is B. insularis, the southern chinch bug.
Blissus is a genus in the true bug family Blissidae, [2] commonly called chinch bugs in North America. The review by Slater (1979) listed 27 species. [3] The species B. leucopterus, [4] B. occiduus [5] and B. insularis [6] are important pests of cereal crops and turf grasses in their different ranges in the United States.
The term chinch bug can refer to a few different North American insects: Blissus insularis – the southern chinch bug; Blissus leucopterus – the true chinch bug; Nysius raphanus – the false chinch bug; All three species are in the order Hemiptera, making them true bugs. The entire genus Blissus of which there are 16 species in North America.
The Blissidae are a family in the Hemiptera (true bugs), comprising nearly 50 genera and 400 species. [2] The group has often been treated as a subfamily of the Lygaeidae but was resurrected as a full family by Thomas Henry (1997). [3] The adult insects are elongate, typically four times as long as broad, and in some species, up to seven times.
Blissus insularis, the southern chinch bug, is a species of true bug in the family Blissidae. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is found in North America and Oceania. [ 2 ] The southern chinch bug is known to be a pest due to its feeding on St. Augustine grass .
Blissus occiduus. Barber, 1918. Blissus occiduus, the western chinch bug, is a species of true bug in the family Blissidae. It is found in Central America and North ...
Ischnodemus sabuleti, also known as the European chinch bug, is a species of swarming true bug from the family Blissidae, which family also includes the American Chinch Bug Blissus leucopterus. It was first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1826. [1] [2]
Lasiochilus pallidulus is a species of true bug in the family Lasiochilidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America. [1] [2] [3] It is known to be a predator of eggs and early instars of Blissus insularis. [4]