''Stictopleurus punctatonervosus'' is a species of scentless plant bugs belonging to 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 ...
, subfamily
Rhopalinae
Rhopalinae is a subfamily of scentless plant bugs in the family Rhopalidae. There are more than 170 described species in Rhopalinae.
Tribes and Genera
The ''Coreoidea Species File''Commanster /ref> These bugs have a regularly punctuated pronotum, a banded connexivum and a rounded tip of the scutellum. The body is grey-brown to black, while the abdomen is often greenish. It can be distinguished from the closely related '' S. abutilon'' by the presence of two half-circle marks on the anterior margin of pronotum (as opposed to full circles in ''S. abutilon'').British Bugs /ref>
Biology
Adults can be found all year. In southern Europe two generations per year are likely formed. Females lay their eggs in the spring. New generation is complete by August. The species overwinters as imago and can be observed after hibernation from the end of April until the middle or the end of October. These bugs feed on various
Asteraceae
Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...
species.
Distribution
This species is widespread in most of Europe and east to Siberia and Central Asia.Insektenbox /ref> It prefers dry and warm grassland habitats and it is often found on meadows, wasteland or roadsides.