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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Catorhintha Selector - Nymph

Catorhintha Selector

-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-​True Bugs, Hoppers, Aphids, and Allies (Order Hemiptera)

-True Bugs (Suborder Heteroptera)​

-Pentatomomorph Bugs (Pentatomomorpha)

-Leaf-footed Bugs and Allies (Superfamily Coreiodea​)

-Leaf-footed Bugs (Family Coreidae​)

-Tribe Hypselonotini

-Genus Catorhintha​​

-Catorhintha Selector


Catorhintha selector is a species of true bug in the family Coreidae, commonly known as leaf-footed bugs. The bug has a general brown to grayish appearance, with some having greenish tones. The body is elongated, and the thorax is flattened. Like most other Coreidae species, Catorhintha selector is a sapsucker, meaning it feeds on the sap of various plants. It pierces plant tissues using its piercing-sucking mouthparts.

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