Oncopeltus zonatus

Oncopeltus zonatus is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in the Neotropics in Guiana,[1] Peru,[2] and Chile.[3] Oncopeltus zonatus is a terrestrial species,[4] and its known host plants are Asclepias curassavica, Funastrum clausum, and Nerium oleander.[2]

Oncopeltus zonatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Oncopeltus
Species:
O. zonatus
Binomial name
Oncopeltus zonatus
Erichson, 1848

References

  1. Slater, James A. (1964). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World. Storrs: University of Connecticut.
  2. Juárez Noé, Gino Norbil; González, Uzbekia (2017). "Primeros registros de plantas hospedadoras de tres especies de Lygaeinae Schilling, 1829 en Perú (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Lygaeidae)". Boletín de la Sociedad Entomológica Aragonesa. 61: 100–101.
  3. Faúndez, Eduardo I.; Muñoz, Ximena (30 April 2020). "Primer registro de Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) zonatus (Erichson) (Heteroptera: Lygaeoidea: Lygaeidae) en Chile". Revista Chilena de Entomología. 46 (2): 159–161. doi:10.35249/rche.46.2.20.03.
  4. "species Oncopeltus (Erythrischius) zonatus (Erichson, 1848): Lygaeoidea Species File". lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org.


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