Cosmopepla conspicillaris

Cosmopepla conspicillaris
Cosmopepla conspicillaris adult
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Pentatomidae
Subfamily: Pentatominae
Tribe: Carpocorini
Genus: Cosmopepla
Species: C. conspicillaris
Binomial name
Cosmopepla conspicillaris
(Dallas, 1851) [1]

Cosmopepla conspicillaris is a species of insect in the Pentatomidae family. Due to its common preference for plants in the Stachys genus, it is often called the hedgenettle stink bug. It is also known as the conspicuous stink bug, two-spotted stink bug or happy bespectacled stink bug depending on locality.[2] The name two-spotted stink bug is better applied to another species, Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius, 1775).[3]

Appearance

C. conspicillaris is a showy stink bug with a black base colour and orange outer markings. This species differs from other genus members by the white chevron-shaped tip of the scutellum, and the orange "spectacles" on the dorsal thorax. While other species may show similar markings, they differ in number of spectacle spots, colouration and host plant.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Cosmopepla conspicillaris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ↑ "Cosmopepla conspicillaris". Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  3. ↑ "Species Page - Perillus bioculatus". Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ↑ "Genus Cosmopepla - Bugguide.Net". Retrieved 23 August 2015.


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