-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 (Infraorder Pentatomomorpha)

-Red and Bordered Plant Bugs (Superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea)

-Red Bugs (Family Pyrrhocoridae)

-Cotton Stainer Bugs (Genus Dysdercus)

-Dysdercus obscuratus

Dysdercus obscuratus is a species of cotton stainer bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae within the superfamily Pyrrhocoroidea. It is commonly referred to as a red bug and is recognized for its impact on cotton plants, where it is a notable pest. he bug has large piercing-sucking mouthparts, which it uses to extract sap from plants