| Spartocera batatas | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Coreidae |
| Genus: | Spartocera |
| Species: | S. batatas |
| Binomial name | |
| Spartocera batatas (Fabricius, 1798) | |
Spartocera batatas, commonly known as the giant sweetpotato bug, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean, South America, and North America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
The sweet potato or sweetpotato is a dicotyledonous plant that belongs to the bindweed or morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Its large, starchy, sweet-tasting tuberous roots are used as a root vegetable. The young shoots and leaves are sometimes eaten as greens. Cultivars of the sweet potato have been bred to bear tubers with flesh and skin of various colors. Sweet potato is only distantly related to the common potato, both being in the order Solanales. Although darker sweet potatoes are often referred to as "yams" in parts of North America, the species is even more distant from the true yams, which are monocots in the order Dioscoreales.
Ipomoea is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species. It is a large and diverse group, with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or water spinach, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc. The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, lianas, shrubs, and small trees; most of the species are twining climbing plants.
Coreidae is a large family of predominantly sap-sucking insects in the Hemipteran suborder Heteroptera. The name "Coreidae" derives from the genus Coreus, which derives from the Ancient Greek κόρις (kóris) meaning bedbug.
Trombiculidae, commonly referred to in North America as chiggers and in Britain as harvest mites, but also known as berry bugs, bush-mites, red bugs or scrub-itch mites, are a family of mites. Chiggers are often confused with jiggers – a type of flea. Several species of Trombiculidae in their larva stage bite their animal host and by embedding their mouthparts into the skin cause "intense irritation", or "a wheal, usually with severe itching and dermatitis". Humans are possible hosts.
Patania silicalis, commonly known as the herbivorous pleuroptya moth, is a species of moth in the subfamily Spilomelinae of the family Crambidae. It was described by Achille Guenée in 1854. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Hispaniola and the United States, where it has been recorded from Missouri, Michigan, Ohio and New York, south to Florida.
Spartocerini is a tribe of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are about 6 genera and at least 60 described species in Spartocerini.
Neurocolpus nubilus, the clouded plant bug, is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Cecropterus casica, the desert cloudywing, is a species of dicot skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Spartocera is a genus of leaf-footed bugs in the family Coreidae. There are about 18 described species in Spartocera.
Spartocera diffusa is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in North America and the Caribbean.
Aradus funestus is a species of flat bug in the family Aradidae. It is found in North America.
Pilophorus tibialis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Chelinidea vittiger, known generally as cactus coreid, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. Other common names include the squash bug and cactus bug. It is found in Australia, Central America, and North America.
Aradus depictus is a species of flat bug in the family Aradidae. It is found in North America.
Plagiognathus maculipennis is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in Central America and North America.
Spartocera fusca is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.
Plagiognathus brunneus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Plagiognathus albatus is a species of plant bug in the family Miridae. It is found in North America.
Leptoglossus gonagra, known as the passionvine bug, citron bug or squash bug in different parts of its range, is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Africa, the Caribbean, Central America, North America, South America, Southern Asia, the Pacific Ocean and Oceania.
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