Species info
Classification > Superfamily Coreoidea > Family Coreidae > Subfamily Coreinae > Tribe Anisoscelini > Genus Leptoglossus
Leptoglossus crassicornis (Dallas 1852)
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis crassicornis Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis crassicornis Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis crassicornis Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis crassicornis Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
Taken from Coreoidea Species File. Anisoscelis crassicornis Dallas, 1852 (Syntype: male) – BMNH London – (CC BY-NC 3.0) Attribution: The Natural History Museum, Photograph taken by Tristan Bantock. Source: Bantock. 2011.
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
No economic damages registered
  • Argentina
    • Catamarca
    • Córdoba
    • Formosa
    • La Rioja
    • Mendoza
    • Santiago del Estero
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Bolivia
Colombia
Honduras
Paraguay
 
Observations
Location of type material: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK)
Additional distributional data: the specie was cited for Catamarca from Andalgalá and Mualtin; for Córdoba from El Sauce; for Formosa from Campo del Cielo; for La Rioja from Chilecito; and for Santiago del Estero from Río Salado; for Mendoza province no locality is mentioned
Host plants
Harrisia pomanensis " applecactus, midnight lady, queen of the night"
Opuntia anacantha
Opuntia chakensis
Opuntia elata
Opuntia discolor
Opuntia pampeana
Opuntia retrosa
Opuntia sulphurea
Opuntia vulgaris
Tephrocactus articulatus
Opuntia paraguayensis
Opuntia quimilo
Opuntia ficus-indica
Links
References
  • ALLEN, R.C. 1969. A revision of the genus Leptoglossus Guérin (Hemiptera: Coreidae). Entomologia Americana, 45, 35–140.
  • VIANA, M. J., & WILLINER, G. J. 1972. Evaluación de la fauna entomológica y aracnológica de la provincias cuyanas: primera communicación. Acta Scientifica, 1-29.
  • PACKAUSKAS, R. 2010. Catalog of the Coreidae, or leaf-footed bugs of the New World. Fort Hays Studies (Fourth Series) 55: 1-270.
  • COSCARÓN, M. C., & PALL, J. L. 2015. The tribe Anisoscelini (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Argentina. Zootaxa 4033(3): 411-426.
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