Leptoglossus phyllopus

Leptoglossus phyllopus

Taxobox
name = Florida Leaf-footed Bug


image_width = 200px
image_caption = Nymphs on Cardoon ("Cynara cardunculus")
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hemiptera
familia = Coreidae
genus = "Leptoglossus"
species = "L. phyllopus"
binomial = "Leptoglossus phyllopus"
binomial_authority = (Linnaeus), 1767

"Leptoglossus phyllopus" or Florida Leaf-footed Bug is a species of leaf-footed bug in the same genus as the Western Conifer Seed Bug ('L. occidentalis").

This bug may enter houses when the weather turns colder and likes to make a home for itself in beds. If you live in a wooded area, you will probably get this bug in your home. It sucks the sap from the cones of various coniferous trees. Pesticides will not get this bug out of your home, so the best means is hand removal. Also, to prevent the bug getting in, one can secure all window screens, attic vents, and other openings.

External links

* General information: http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg65.html
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/leaffooted_bug.htm leaffooted bug] on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site


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  • Leptoglossus phyllopus — Leaf footed Leaf foot ed, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; said of certain insects; as, the leaf footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus}). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Leptoglossus — Leptoglossus …   Wikipédia en Français

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  • Leaf-footed — Leaf foot ed, a. (Zo[ o]l.) Having leaflike expansions on the legs; said of certain insects; as, the leaf footed bug ({Leptoglossus phyllopus}). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • coreid bug — /kawr ee id/. See leaf footed bug. [ < NL Coreidae the family which includes such bugs, equiv. to Core(us) a genus (based on Gk kóris bug) + idae ID2] * * * ▪ insect also called  leaf footed bug  or  squash bug   any of 2,000 widely distributed… …   Universalium

  • Western conifer seed bug — Taxobox name = Western Conifer Seed Bug image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Exopterygota ordo = Hemiptera subordo =… …   Wikipedia

  • leaf-footed bug — noun large sap sucking bug with leaflike expansions on the legs • Syn: ↑leaf foot bug • Hypernyms: ↑coreid bug, ↑coreid • Member Holonyms: ↑Leptoglossus, ↑genus Leptoglossus * * * …   Useful english dictionary

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