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True Bugs of Zihuatanejo

SUBORDER HETEROPTERA

Taedia Plant Bugs

Taedia (Genus)

-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)​

-Cimicomorph Bugs (Infraorder Cimicomorpha)

-Superfamily Miroidea​

-Plant Bugs (Family Miridae)

-Subfamily Mirinae

-Tribe Mirini

-Genus Taedia

-Taedia fasciola


The genus Taedia belongs to the family Miridae, commonly known as plant bugs. These insects are part of the order Hemiptera, and are characterized by their piercing-sucking mouthparts, which they use to feed on plant sap.

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