🪲Western conifer seed bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910

The western conifer seed bug, sometimes called the pine-beetle, or abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, to include Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, and has become an accidental introduced species in parts of Europe and Argentina.

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Pine Seed Bug

Conservation status

Not evaluated

The IUCN Red List has not assessed Leptoglossus occidentalis yet.

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Body mass: not recorded
Body length: not recorded
Shoulder height: not recorded
Top speed: not recorded
Bite force: not recorded
Maximum lifespan: not recorded

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kingdomMetazoa
phylumArthropoda
subphylumHexapoda
classInsects · Insecta
subclassPterygota
orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
suborderHeteroptera
infraorderPentatomomorpha
superfamilyCoreoidea
subfamilyCoreinae
genusLeptoglossus

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amerikansk fyrretæge (da), 소나무허리노린재 (ko), Leptoglossus occidentalis (fr), bladpootwants (nl), vroubenka americká (cs), Amerikanische Kiefernwanze (de) … and 18 more languages

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