Western Small Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus kalmii

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Lygaeidae

Lygaeus kalmii, known as the small milkweed bug or common milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Central and North America. Taxonomy Lygaeus kalmii was first formally named in 1874 by Swedish entomologist Carl Stål in his Enumeratio Hemipterorum.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 12,295Canada · 2,315Mexico · 150Germany · 1

Sources and credits

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