Dirt-Colored Seed Bug
Pseudopamera nitidicollis
Dirt-Colored Seed Bug
Pseudopamera nitidicollis
The Rhyparochromidae
are a large family of true
bugs, many of which are
commonly referred to as
seed bugs. These bugs are
small is size and dull in
colour generally feeding
on a wide variety of plants
in disturbed habitats. Most
of them feed on ripe seeds
that have dropped on the
ground.
IDENTIFICATION: They are
either brown or mottled
with dark and pale patterns.
The head is usually large
and triangular. Antennae
are four segmented, and
they usually have strong
front legs.
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Tribe: Myodochini
Genus: Pseudopamera
Species: P. nitidicollis
Binomial name:Pseudopamera nitidicollis
Pseudopamera nitidicollis
The Rhyparochromidae
are a large family of true
bugs, many of which are
commonly referred to as
seed bugs. These bugs are
small is size and dull in
colour generally feeding
on a wide variety of plants
in disturbed habitats. Most
of them feed on ripe seeds
that have dropped on the
ground.
IDENTIFICATION: They are
either brown or mottled
with dark and pale patterns.
The head is usually large
and triangular. Antennae
are four segmented, and
they usually have strong
front legs.
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae
Tribe: Myodochini
Genus: Pseudopamera
Species: P. nitidicollis
Binomial name:Pseudopamera nitidicollis
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