🪲Large milkweed bug
Oncopeltus fasciatus, known as the large milkweed bug, is a medium-sized hemipteran of the family Lygaeidae. It is distributed throughout North America, from Central America through Mexico and the Caribbean to southern areas in Canada. Costa Rica is the southern limit of its range. It inhabits disturbed areas, roadsides, and open pastures. Due to this widespread geographic distribution, the large milkweed bug exhibits varying life history trade-offs depending on the population location, including differences in wing length and other traits based on location.
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The IUCN Red List has not assessed Oncopeltus fasciatus yet.
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Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumArthropoda
- ›classInsecta
- ›orderHemiptera
- ›familyLygaeidae
- ›genusOncopeltus
- ›speciesOncopeltus fasciatus
- classInsects · Insecta
- orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
- subfamilyLygaeinae
- genusOncopeltus
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsects · Insecta
- subclassPterygota
- orderTrue bugs · Hemiptera
- suborderHeteroptera
- infraorderPentatomomorpha
- superfamilyLygaeoidea
- familyLygaeidae
- subfamilyLygaeinae
- genusOncopeltus
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