Kingdom Animalia Suborder Heteroptera Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Family Lygaeidae Genus Gastrodes Order True bugs | |
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Similar Gastrodes abietum, True bugs, Eremocoris plebejus, Scolopostethus affinis, Scolopostethus decoratus | ||
Gastrodes grossipes, the Pine Cone Bug is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far North. In the East, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus , and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Pinus sylvestris.
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