Chlorochroa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Paraneoptera
Superordo: Condylognatha
Ordo: Hemiptera
Subordo: Heteroptera
Infraordo: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamilia: Pentatomoidea

Familia: Pentatomidae
Subfamilia: Pentatominae
Tribus: Carpocorini
Genus: Chlorochroa
Subgenera: Chlorochroa – Rhytidolomia
Name

Chlorochroa Carl Stål, 1872: 33
Synonyms

valid subgenus [original spelling]

References
Primary references

Stål, C. 1872. Enumeratio hemipterorum : Bidrag till en förteckning öfver alla hittills kända Hemiptera, jemte systematiska meddelanden, 2. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-akademiens Handlingar 10(4): 1–158. BHL Reference page.

Links

Chlorochroa Taxon details on Fauna Europaea
Classification of Pentatomoidea. North Dakota State University [1]

Chlorochroa[1] is a genus of shield (stink) bugs in the family Pentatomidae, found in Europe and North America. There are over 20 described species in Chlorochroa.[2][3]

Description

Adult Chlorochroa range in size from 8-19 mm long and are broadly oval in shape.[2] They are green to brownish or almost black in colour, and have a pale red/yellow/whitish margin around the body excluding the head.[2][4] For at least some species, colouration varies with latitude, being darker in the south and greener in the north.[2] The scutellum is long and triangular, sometimes has three bumps along the base and usually the tip is paler than the rest.[2][4] The forewing membrane is often translucent.[2][4]

Nymphal Chlorochroa are mostly black except (as in adults) for a yellow/white margin around the body excluding the head.[4]

Different species of Chlorochroa look very similar. They are distinguished mainly by the shape of the male genitalia and, to a lesser extent, by their distributions.[2]
Diet

Chlorochroa feed on a range of different plants including apple, cotton, grape, English holly, Himalayan blackberry, hawthorn, arborvitae, groudsel, clover, alfalfa and cocklebur.[4]
Life cycle

The life cycle consists of the three stages of egg, nymph and adult. There are five nymphal instars.[2]
Species

C. belfragii (Stål, 1872)
C. congrua Uhler, 1876
C. dismalia Thomas, 1983
C. faceta (Say, 1825)
C. granulosa (Uhler, 1872)
Chlorochroa juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)
C. kanei Buxton & Thomas, 1983
C. ligata (Say, 1832) (conchuela bug)
C. lineata Thomas, 1983
C. norlandi Buxton and Thomas, 1983
C. opuntiae Esselbaugh, 1948
C. osborni (Van Duzee, 1904)
C. persimilis Horvath, 1908
Chlorochroa pinicola (Mulsant & Rey, 1852)
Chlorochroa reuteriana (Kirkaldy, 1909)
C. rita (Van Duzee, 1934)
C. rossiana Buxton & Thomas, 1983
C. saucia (Say, 1832)
C. sayi (Stål, 1872) (Say's stink bug)
C. senilis (Say, 1832)
C. uhleri (Stål, 1872) (Uhler's stink bug)
C. viridicata (Walker, 1867)

References

Stål C (1872) K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl. 10, no. 4.
"Chlorochroa Genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
"Chlorochroa Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

"Chlorochroa sp". Oregon Department of Agriculture guides. Retrieved 18 July 2022.