Spilostethus hospes

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Spilostethus hospes
Systematics
Subordination : Bed bugs (heteroptera)
Family : Ground bugs (Lygaeidae)
Subfamily : Lygaeinae
Genre : Spilostethus
Type : Spilostethus hospes
Scientific name
Spilostethus hospes
( Fabricius , 1794)

Spilostethus hospes is a bug from the family of ground bugs (Lygaeidae).

features

The bugs grow to be about 10 millimeters long. They are patterned red (or red-orange) and black. Legs and antennae are black. The head is red with a black forehead wedge and a black postocular area. The pronotum is black with red side edges and a red longitudinal band that does not quite reach the front edge. The scutellum is black with a tiny red apical tip. The clavus is red in the front area and black in the rear area. The membrane is black. The hemielytres are red with a black border towards the clavus and a black spot on the outer wing edge.

distribution and habitat

The type of bug is widespread on the Australian continent . It is also found in South Asia (India and Sri Lanka) and in East Asia (Japan, Taiwan, China).

Way of life

The bugs can be found on various silk plants (Asclepias). They suckle on seeds, stems and leaves. Her forage plants also include eggplant ( Solanum melongena ), poka ( Solanum torvum ), tomato ( Lycopersicon esculentum ), crown flower ( Calotropis gigantea ), Cyanthillium cinereum and Euphorbia hirta . With their warning color , they signal to potential predators that they are inedible and poisonous.

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Darth Maul Bug - Spilostethus hospes . www.brisbaneinsects.com. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  2. ^ Spilostethus hospes (Fabricius, 1794) . Atlas of Living Australia. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  3. a b Spilostethus hospes . www.discoverlife.org. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
  4. : Sanjayan, KP Patterns in the population drift and seed resource utilization of Spilostethus hospes (Fab.). - abstract . www.cabi.org - Entomon 1993 18 3; 4 159-168. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

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