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Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Classification

Class
Insecta
Family
Coreidae

The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), sometimes called the pine-beetle, or abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho, Minnesota, and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, to include Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, and has…

Distribution

Dick Belgers · CC BY
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Netherlands · 19,564Germany · 19,525Belgium · 16,016France · 2,509United Kingdom · 2,019Spain · 847Italy · 569Switzerland · 394Luxembourg · 127