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Euschistus ictericus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Pentatomidae

Genus
  
Euschistus

Rank
  
Species

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Pentatominae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
True bugs

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Similar
  
True bugs, Green stink bug, Acrosternum, Nezara, Euschistus

Euschistus ictericus is a North American species of shield bug. It grows up to 12 mm (0.5 in) long, and lives in damp areas.

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Distribution

In Canada, E. ictericus is restricted to Ontario and Quebec. In the United States, its distribution reaches as far south as Texas and Louisiana, and only as far west as Utah, despite previous reports that its range extended from coast to coast.

Description

E. ictericus grows to a length of 10.5–12 millimetres (0.41–0.47 in), and can be distinguished from other members of the "brown stink bug complex" by the lack of black spots in the middle of the ventral side of the abdomen, and by the presence of black rings around the spiracles on the abdomen.

Ecology

E. ictericus lives in damp situations, on Carex comosa, Iris versicolor, Nymphaea odorata, Saururus cernuus, willows, Carduus horridulum, Heracleum maximum, Cuscuta, Glycine max, Vicia faba, Verbascum thapsus, Juncus, Perillus frutescens, polygonum densiflorum and Persicaria punctata. It is attacked by Euthera tentatrix, Beskia aelops and Cylindromyia euchenor (Tachinidae) and by the eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna. E. ictericus is not commercially important as a pest.

References

Euschistus ictericus Wikipedia