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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Phthiacnemia picta

Phthiacnemia picta

-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 Anisoscelini

-Genus Phthiacnemia

-Phthiacnemia picta


Phthiacnemia picta is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It feeds using a piercing-sucking rostrum, extracting fluids from plant tissues such as stems, fruits, or seeds. It is generally found on shrubs and herbaceous plants in warm regions of the Americas, including Mexico.

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