Stenodema vicinum

Stenodema vicinum

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Family: Miridae

Stenodema vicinum is a species of true bug in the Miridae family that feeds on the grass blades of Muhlenbergia schreberi (nimblewill). This species has been implicated in "silver top" damage to grass seed crops. This and other bugs of the Stenodema genus were found to feed on grass stems by puncturing the leaf sheaths.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Canada · 39United States of America · 23

Sources and credits

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Stenodema vicinum

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