Leptoglossus occidentalis

TaxID: 236887

Basic Information

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Amerikanische Kiefernwanze, Western Conifer Seed Bug

The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), sometimes called the pine-beetle, or abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho, Minnesota, and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, to include Ontario, Qu bec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, and has become an accidental introduced species in parts of Europe and Argentina. This species is a member of the insect family Coreidae, or leaf-footed bugs, which also includes the similar Leptoglossus phyllopus and Acanthocephala femorata, both known as the "Florida leaf-footed bug". Western conifer seed bugs are sometimes colloquially called stink bugs. While they do use a foul-smelling spray as a defense, they are not classified in the stink bug family Pentatomidae. In Chile, it has been confused with kissing bugs (Triatominae), causing unjustified alarm.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Coreidae

Leptoglossus

occidentalis

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Leptoglossus occidentalis
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(c) Holger Krisp@BY
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(c) Léo-Guy de Repentigny@BY-NC
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(c) Wildlife in a Dorset garden.@BY-NC-SA
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(c) ermell@BY-SA
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(c) SilverBack82@BY-NC-SA

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (33 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

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Quarantine Status (7 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Angola Quarantine pests —
Armenia Absent —
Belarus Absent —
Egypt Abesent —
Kazakhstan A1 list 2017
Nicaragua Absent —
United States of America Quarantine pests —

Distribution (75 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

73
Present
2
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Albania Present —
Algeria Absent —
Andorra Present —
Argentina Present —
Armenia Present —
Australia Present —
Austria Present —
Belgium Present —
Bulgaria Present —
Bosnia and Herzegovina Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Assembly Accession Assembly Level Genome Size(Mb) Contig N50(Kb) Scaffold N50(Kb) BUSCO% Downloads Actions
GCA_045410785.1 Chromosome 1745 664 147701 -

Transcriptomes (1 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR30002760 Abdomen Adult not determined 42893821 France: Biot

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature