Spartocera fusca

Spartocera fusca

Spartocera fusca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Tribe: Spartocerini
Genus: Spartocera
Species:
S. fusca
Binomial name
Spartocera fusca
(Thunberg, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Spartocera geniculatus Burmeister, 1835

Spartocera fusca is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

They have a strong preference for plants in the Nightshade family and feed by piercing the skin of the plant with their needle-like proboscis.

References

  1. 1 2 "Spartocera fusca Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. ↑ "Spartocera fusca". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. ↑ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Spartocera fusca (Thunberg, 1783)". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ↑ "Spartocera fusca (leaf-footed bug): Identification, Facts, and Taxonomy". Bugs With Mike. 2026-04-25. Retrieved 2026-09-28.

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