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Lygaeus turcicus

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Species of true bug

Lygaeus turcicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Lygaeus
Species: L. turcicus
Binomial name
Lygaeus turcicus
Fabricius, 1803

Lygaeus turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America.

False milkweed bug, Lygaeus turcicus

Description

The false milkweed bug is widely distributed across the eastern United States and Canada. It primarily feeds on the seeds of false sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides. The false milkweed bug is commonly confused with other black and red or orange insects, including Oncopeltus fasciatus, Lygaeus kalmii, and Lygaeus reclivatus.

References

  1. "Lygaeus turcicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Lygaeus turcicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "Lygaeus turcicus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  4. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  5. ^ "False Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus turcicus)". iNaturalist.
  6. Slater, James A. (1983). "On the Biology and Food Plants of Lygaeus Turcicus (Fabr.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 91 (1): 48–56.

Further reading

  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.

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Taxon identifiers
Lygaeus turcicus


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