| Oncopeltus varicolor | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Superfamily: | Lygaeoidea |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Oncopeltus |
| Species: | O. varicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Oncopeltus varicolor (Fabricius, 1794) | |
Oncopeltus varicolor is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae, found in North, Central, and South America. [1] [2]
These two subspecies belong to the species Oncopeltus varicolor:
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