Murgantia histrionica

TaxID: 460024

Basic Information

Murgantia histrionica

Harlequin Bug

The harlequin cabbage bug (Murgantia histrionica), also known as calico bug, fire bug or harlequin bug, is a black stinkbug of the family Pentatomidae, brilliantly marked with red, orange, yellow and white markings. It is a major pest of cabbage and related crops in the Brassicaceae, as well as the ornamental flower cleome throughout tropical and North America, especially the warmer parts of the United States. Nymphs are active during the summer and in the tropics the bug can achieve three to six generations a year. In the northern range there is only one generation annually and the insects overwinter as adults in crop residues or field edges. Organic control involves hand-picking the insects off the plants (they can be dropped into soapy water to drown them) and being especially careful to remove and destroy all the eggs, which are black-and-white striped, laid in clutches of twelve.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Pentatomidae

Murgantia

histrionica

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Murgantia histrionica
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(c) USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring Laboratory@BY
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(c) Mike Quinn@BY-NC
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(c) Thomas Shahan@BY-NC
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(c) Douglas Goldman@BY-SA
Murgantia histrionica
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(c) Zack Abbey@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (0 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

No host plants available.

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Egypt Abesent 2018
Japan Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —

Distribution (6 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

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Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Canada Present —
Guatemala Present —
Honduras Present —
Mexico Present —
Nicaragua Present —
United States of America Present —

Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (3 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR2916643 Whole insect - not determined 222117185 USA:Maryland,Beltsville
SRR2916644 Whole insect - male 218215787 USA:Maryland,Beltsville
SRR2916645 Whole insect - female 205127388 USA:Maryland,Beltsville

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature