Blissus leucopterus
TaxID: 1655880
Basic Information
Blissus leucopterus
Chinch Bug
Blissus leucopterus, also known as the true chinch bug, is a small North American insect in the order Hemiptera and family Blissidae. It is the most commonly encountered species of the genus Blissus, which are all known as chinch bugs. A closely related species is B. insularis, the southern chinch bug. The name of the chinch bug is derived from the Spanish chinche, which refers to the bed bug and is in turn derived from the Latin cimex. The chinch bug is not related to the bed bug, but took this name on account of producing a similar smell to that of bed bugs when crushed. These bugs tend to gather on sunny, open patches of turfgrass. Due to their small size, chinch bugs are hardly noticeable, so they become problems, since they are considered pests that feed on stems of turfgrass and grain crops.
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Taxonomic Information
Metazoa
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hemiptera
Blissidae
Blissus
leucopterus
unclassified
Species
nan
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nan
Arthropods
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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 (10 records)
Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.
| Country | Status | Year Added |
|---|---|---|
| Armenia | Absent | — |
| Belarus | Absent | — |
| Egypt | Abesent | 2018 |
| Guinea | Quarantine pests | — |
| Japan | Quarantine pests | — |
| Kazakhstan | A1 list | 2017 |
| Republic of Korea | Quarantine pests | — |
| Sri Lanka | Quarantine pests | — |
| Mozambique | Quarantine pests | — |
| United States of America | Quarantine pests | — |
Distribution (6 countries)
Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.
| Country | Status | State |
|---|---|---|
| Bermuda | Present | — |
| Canada | Present | — |
| France | Present | — |
| Mexico | Present | — |
| Portugal | Present | — |
| United States of America | Present | — |
Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)
Download CSVGenomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No genome records available.
Transcriptomes (0 records)
Data source: NCBI.
No transcriptome records available.
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