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.
^Henry, T.J. (1997). "Phylogenetic analysis of family groups within the infraorder Pentatomomorpha (Hemiptera: Heteroptera), with emphasis on the Lygaeoidea". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 90 (3): 275–301.
doi:
10.1093/aesa/90.3.275.
^Slater, J.A. (1979). "The systematics, phylogeny, and zoogeography of the Blissinae of the world (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)". Bulletin of the AMNH. 165 (1): 1–180.
hdl:
2246/1076.