Oncopeltus sexmaculatus

Oncopeltus sexmaculatus, the six-spotted milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, and North America.[1][2][3][4]

Oncopeltus sexmaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Oncopeltus
Species:
O. sexmaculatus
Binomial name
Oncopeltus sexmaculatus
Stal, 1874

References

  1. "Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. "Oncopeltus sexmaculatus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Oncopeltus sexmaculatus Stal, 1874". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.

Further reading

  • Slater, James A.; O'Donnell, Jane E. (1995). A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994). The New York Entomological Society. ISBN 978-0-913-424-16-2.


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