Diet

• Adults and nymphs: Primarily plant-feeding, using their piercing-sucking mouthparts to obtain sap from leaves, stems, flowers, fruits and developing seeds.

• Lycambes are generally associated with woody and herbaceous vegetation.

• Feeding is likely concentrated on tender plant tissues and reproductive structures.

Range

• Lycambes is a genus of leaf-footed bugs (Coreidae) in the subfamily Meropachyinae, tribe Spathophorini. A Mexican taxonomic review specifically recognises Lycambes as one of the genera of this group.

• The genus is Neotropical, with species occurring in Mexico and other parts of tropical America.

• They are occasionally sighted in Zihua, where tropical vegetation provides suitable habitat.

Habitat

• Found in tropical dry forest, tropical deciduous forest, scrub, woodland and forest edges.

• Adults are likely to occur on shrubs, trees and other vegetation, particularly where new growth, flowers or developing fruits are present.

• Around Zihua, examine foliage and branches in dry forest and forest-edge habitat, especially during the warmer and wetter periods when plant growth is abundant.

• Their relatively large size makes them easier to notice than many smaller Coreidae, although their colouration can provide good camouflage.

Size

• Lycambes species are relatively large coreids, with an elongated, robust body.

• The body is oblong-oval and somewhat shiny, with the head and thorax relatively broad.

• The hind legs are not strongly leaf-like as in Leptoglossus; instead, the legs have a more conventional form characteristic of Spathophorini.

• The body is generally brownish to dark, often with contrasting paler areas on the wings and body.