Pine Cone Bug

Gastrodes grossipes

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Rhyparochromidae

Gastrodes grossipes, the pine cone bug, is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far north. To the east, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus, and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Scots pine.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 758Germany · 702United Kingdom · 165France · 53Italy · 20Spain · 17Switzerland · 15Luxembourg · 7Belgium · 5

Sources and credits

PhotoDick Belgers · CC BY DescriptionGastrodes grossipes, Wikipedia contributors

Pine Cone Bug

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