''Chlorochroa''Stål C (1872) ''K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.'' 10, no. 4. is a genus of shield (stink) bugs in the family

Pentatomidae Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoidea, and contains around 900 genera and over 4700 species.Robert G ...

, found in Europe and North America. There are over 20 described species in ''Chlorochroa''. Chlorochroa uhleri P1500957a

Description

Adult ''Chlorochroa'' range in size from 8-19 mm long and are broadly oval in shape. They are green to brownish or almost black in colour, and have a pale red/yellow/whitish margin around the body excluding the head. For at least some species, colouration varies with latitude, being darker in the south and greener in the north. The scutellum is long and triangular, sometimes has three bumps along the base and usually the tip is paler than the rest. The forewing membrane is often translucent. Nymphal ''Chlorochroa'' are mostly black except (as in adults) for a yellow/white margin around the body excluding the head. Different species of ''Chlorochroa'' look very similar. They are distinguished mainly by the shape of the male genitalia and, to a lesser extent, by their distributions.

Diet

''Chlorochroa'' feed on a range of different plants including

apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

cotton Cotton (), first recorded in ancient India, is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus '' Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure ...

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, English

holly ''Ilex'' () or holly is a genus of over 570 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. ''Ilex'' has the most species of any woody dioecious angiosperm genus. The species are evergreen o ...

, Himalayan

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, hawthorn,

arborvitae ''Thuja'' ( ) is a genus of coniferous tree or shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister to ''Thujopsis''. M ...

, groundsel,

clover Clovers, also called trefoils, are plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution with the highest diversit ...

alfalfa Alfalfa () (''Medicago sativa''), also called lucerne, is a perennial plant, perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, ...

and

cocklebur ''Xanthium'' (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some parts of south Asia. Description Cockleburs are coarse, herbaceous annual plants gro ...

Life cycle

The life cycle consists of the three stages of egg, nymph and adult. There are five nymphal

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Species

* '' Chlorochroa belfragii'' (Stål, 1872) * ''

Chlorochroa congrua ''Chlorochroa''Stål C (1872) ''K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.'' 10, no. 4. is a genus of shield (stink) bugs in the family Pentatomidae, found in Europe and North America. There are over 20 described species in ''Chlorochroa''. Description A ...

'' Uhler, 1876 * '' Chlorochroa dismalia'' Thomas, 1983 * '' Chlorochroa faceta'' (Say, 1825) * '' Chlorochroa granulosa'' (Uhler, 1872) * '' Chlorochroa juniperina'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * '' Chlorochroa kanei'' Buxton & Thomas, 1983 * '' Chlorochroa ligata'' (Say, 1832) (conchuela bug) * '' Chlorochroa lineata'' Thomas, 1983 * '' Chlorochroa norlandi'' Buxton and Thomas, 1983 * '' Chlorochroa opuntiae'' Esselbaugh, 1948 * '' Chlorochroa osborni'' (Van Duzee, 1904) * '' Chlorochroa persimilis'' Horvath, 1908 * '' Chlorochroa pinicola'' (Mulsant & Rey, 1852) * '' Chlorochroa reuteriana'' (Kirkaldy, 1909) * '' Chlorochroa rita'' (Van Duzee, 1934) * '' Chlorochroa rossiana'' Buxton & Thomas, 1983 * '' Chlorochroa saucia'' (Say, 1832) * '' Chlorochroa sayi'' (Stål, 1872) (Say's stink bug) * '' Chlorochroa senilis'' (Say, 1832) * '' Chlorochroa uhleri'' (Stål, 1872) (Uhler's stink bug) * '' Chlorochroa viridicata'' (Walker, 1867)

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