Chroantha ornatula

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Chroantha ornatula
Nymph of Chroantha ornatula

Nymph of Chroantha ornatula

Systematics
Family : Stink bugs (Pentatomidae)
Subfamily : Pentatominae
Tribe : Nezarini
Genre : Chroantha
Type : Chroantha ornatula
Scientific name
Chroantha ornatula
( Herrich-Schäffer , 1842)

Chroantha ornatula is a Wanzenart from the family of stink bugs (Pentatomidae).

features

The bugs are 11 to 12.5 millimeters long. The basic color varies between green and brown. They have three light spots on the base of the label and two smaller light spots in the front area of ​​the pronotum. The corium is brightly dotted. The membrane is transparent.

distribution

The species occurs in the western Palearctic . It is represented in the entire Mediterranean area (holomediterranean). It occurs on the Iberian Peninsula , in North Africa, on the Canary Islands , in southern France, Italy, Greece, in the Black Sea region, in the Caucasus in the Near and Middle East and in Central Asia.

Way of life

Chroantha ornatula is a polyphagous species of bug. They are found on Agriophyllum , on salt herbs ( Salsola ), on sod ( Suaeda ), on Sesbania , on Arabian gum acacia ( Vachellia nilotica ), on sweet acacia ( Vachellia farnesiana ) and on zygophyllum . The bug species causes feeding damage in pistachio plantations. There are usually two generations a year. The adults and nymphs overwinter.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Moftah Soliman EL-MEGHRABI: TAXONOMIC STUDIES ON FAMILY PENTATOMIDAE IN LIBYA (PDF; 1.3 MB) uob.edu.ly. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  2. ^ Gustav Seidenstücker: Heteroptera from Iran 1956. I. Hemiptera - Heteroptera (without family Miridae) . In: Staatl. Museum for Natural History in Stuttgart (Hrsg.): Stuttgart contributions to natural history . No. 11 , July 15, 1958, p. 1–5 ( PDF on ZOBODAT ).
  3. ↑ Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schäffer 1842) in Fauna Europaea
  4. ↑ a b c YM Isakov: Preimaginal stages of Chroantha ornatula (Herrich-Schaffer, 1842) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) in Middle Asia (PDF; 650 KB) CAUCASIAN ENTOMOLOGICAL BULL. 2005. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  5. ^ Fungi or Plant Host Records List by Host Species . North Dakota State University, Fargo. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
  6. ^ H. Hashemi Rad, GH. Radjabi: DETERMINATION OF FAVORITE HOST FOR THREE SPECIES OF PISTACHIO PENTATOMID BUGS UNDER LABORATORY CONDITIONS (abstract) . The world's leading independent organization of horticultural scientists: Acta Horticulturae 912. Retrieved January 20, 2017.

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