Oxycarenus lavaterae
| Oxycarenus lavaterae | |
|---|---|
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| Adult | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Infraorder: | Pentatomomorpha |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxycareninae |
| Genus: | Oxycarenus |
| Species: | O. lavaterae |
| Binomial name | |
| Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius, 1787) | |
Oxycarenus lavaterae is a species of ground bug belonging to the family Lygaeidae, subfamily Oxycareninae. It is found on and feeds upon plants in the Malvaceae family, such as Lavatera, Althea, Hibiscus, and Malva.[1] It forms aggregates to winter over, typically on lime trees (Tilia).[2]
Historical it was mainly found in the Mediterranean Basin, including North Africa, but beginning in the 1970s, it is has been found further north, into the Benelux counties, Central Europe and Eastern Europe.[1]
Oxycarenus lavaterae - Nymph
References
- 1 2 "EPPO Reporting Service: No. 1" (PDF). Paris: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. 1 January 2010. p. 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 January 2014.
- ↑ Kalushkov, Plamen (2000). "Observations on the biology of Oxycarenus lavaterae (Fabricius)(Heteroptera: Lygaeidae), a new Mediterranean species in the Bulgarian fauna". Acta Zoologica Bulgarica. 52 (1): 13–15. Abstract
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