Chlorochroa | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Chlorochroa sp. (likely ligata or kanei) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Pentatomidae |
Subfamily: | Pentatominae |
Tribe: | Nezarini |
Genus: |
Chlorochroa Stål, 1872 |
Synonyms | |
|
Chlorochroa [1] is a genus of shield (stink) bugs in the family Pentatomidae, found in Europe and North America. There are over 20 described species in Chlorochroa. [2] [3]
Adult Chlorochroa range in size from 8-19 mm long and are broadly oval in shape. [2] They are green to brownish or almost black in colour, and have a pale red/yellow/whitish margin around the body excluding the head. [2] [4] For at least some species, colouration varies with latitude, being darker in the south and greener in the north. [2] The scutellum is long and triangular, sometimes has three bumps along the base and usually the tip is paler than the rest. [2] [4] The forewing membrane is often translucent. [2] [4]
Nymphal Chlorochroa are mostly black except (as in adults) for a yellow/white margin around the body excluding the head. [4]
Different species of Chlorochroa look very similar. They are distinguished mainly by the shape of the male genitalia and, to a lesser extent, by their distributions. [2]
Chlorochroa feed on a range of different plants including apple, cotton, grape, English holly, Himalayan blackberry, hawthorn, arborvitae, groundsel, clover, alfalfa and cocklebur. [4]
The life cycle consists of the three stages of egg, nymph and adult. There are five nymphal instars. [2]