''Harmostes reflexulus'' is a species of scentless plant bug in the family
Rhopalidae
Rhopalidae, or scentless plant bugs, are a family (biology), family of true bugs. In older literature, the family is sometimes called "Corizidae". They differ from the related Coreidae, coreids in lacking well-developed scent glands. They are usu ...
. It is found in the
Caribbean Sea
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba ...
, Central America, North America, and South America.
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Description
''Harmostes reflexulus'' are small bugs. They can grow up to .[
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Ecology
''Harmostes reflexulus'' are most commonly found on herbs and flowers in fields.Achillea millefolium
''Achillea millefolium'', commonly known as yarrow () or common yarrow, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. Growing to tall, it is characterized by small whitish flowers, a tall stem of fernlike leaves, and a pungent odor.
The plan ...
'' and ''Erigeron strigosus
''Erigeron strigosus'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common names prairie fleabane, common eastern fleabane, and daisy fleabane.
''Erigeron strigosus'' is native to eastern and central North America as far ...
''. The insects will feed on the petiole
Petiole may refer to:
*Petiole (botany), the stalk of a leaf, attaching the blade to the stem
*Petiole (insect anatomy)
In entomology, petiole is the technical term for the narrow waist of some hymenopteran insects, especially ants, bees, and ...
s and flowers of these plants.
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Insects described in 1832
Rhopalinae
Hemiptera of North America
Taxa named by Thomas Say
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