Chlorochroa juniperina
Appearance
Chlorochroa juniperina | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Pentatomidae |
Subfamily: | Pentatominae |
Tribe: | Nezarini |
Genus: | Chlorochroa |
Species: | C. juniperina
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Binomial name | |
Chlorochroa juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Chlorochroa juniperina is a European species of shield bug in the tribe Nezarini.[1] C. juniperina is distributed in mainland Europe from France through to Scandinavia, but became extinct in England in 1925 due to the decline of juniper, its host.[2]
The plate below shows C. juniperina - "Pentantoma juniperina Linn" (bottom-right) in The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Dyntaxa Chlorochroa juniperina
- ^ "The Species Recovery Trust Lost Life Project". Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
- ^ Edward Saunders (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.