Diet

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

• Species of Piezogaster are associated with a variety of woody and herbaceous plants, although host-plant information is not equally well documented for all species.

• Some species occur on leguminous plants and other broad-leaved vegetation, where both adults and nymphs feed on developing plant tissues and reproductive structures.

Range

• Piezogaster is a genus of leaf-footed bugs (Family Coreidae) in the Subfamily Coreinae and Tribe Nematopodini.

• It is a New World genus, with species distributed from the southern United States through Mexico, Central America and into South America.

• Around Zihua, Piezogaster would likely be considered occasional, with suitable species expected in warm woodland, dry forest, scrub and disturbed vegetation.

Habitat

• Occurs in tropical and subtropical woodland, tropical dry forest, scrub, forest margins, agricultural areas and disturbed vegetation.

• Several species occur in seasonally dry habitats, and members of the genus are well represented in Mexican tropical deciduous forests.

• Around Zihua, look for Piezogaster on shrubs, small trees and herbaceous vegetation, particularly along forest edges, dry woodland trails, roadsides and areas of regenerating vegetation.

• Adults can be relatively inconspicuous while resting on vegetation, where their elongated bodies and subdued colouring provide effective camouflage.

Size

• Adults are generally medium-sized leaf-footed bugs, with species commonly measuring approximately 16–21 mm long.

• The body is typically elongated and moderately robust, with relatively long antennae and legs characteristic of Nematopodini..