Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hemiptera > Coreidae > Leptoglossus > Leptoglossus zonatus

Leptoglossus zonatus (Large-Legged Bug)

Synonyms: Anisoscelis vexillatus; Anisoscelis zonatus; Theognis angustifolium; Theognis zonatus; Veneza zonatus

Wikipedia Abstract

Leptoglossus zonatus is a species of leaf-footed bug, a type of true bug. It is found throughout much of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. The bug is two centimeters in length, gray in color, with a zigzagging whitish band across its back and two distinctive yellowish spots on its anterior pronotum, the identifying characteristic for the species. Biological pest control agents found to be effective against this insect include the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana.
View Wikipedia Record: Leptoglossus zonatus

Prey / Diet

Citrus reticulata (tangerine)[1]
Jatropha curcas (Barbados nut)[1]
Punica granatum (pomegranate)[2]
Solanum lycopersicum (Currant Tomato)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Anthophora abrupta (miner bee)1
Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Colorado potato beetle)1
Psylliodes affinis1
Scirtothrips dorsalis (Strawberry thrip)1
Thrips hawaiiensis (Banana flower thrip)1

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Coreidae), Amelio A. Chi and Russell F. Mizell, III, University of Florida, April 2012
2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0