| Gastrodes grossipes | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Rhyparochromidae |
| Genus: | Gastrodes |
| Species: | G. grossipes |
| Binomial name | |
| Gastrodes grossipes (De Geer, 1773) | |
Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. [1] To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine. [2]