''Chlorochroa''Stål C (1872) ''K. svenska VetenskAkad. Handl.'' 10, no. 4. 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''. Chlorochroa uhleri P1500957a

Description

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

Diet

''Chlorochroa'' feed on a range of different plants including

apple An apple is an edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus domestica''). Apple fruit tree, trees are agriculture, cultivated worldwide and are the most widely grown species in the genus ''Malus''. The tree originated in Central Asia, wh ...

cotton Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus ''Gossypium'' in the mallow family Malvaceae. The fiber is almost pure cellulose, and can contain minor perce ...

grape A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years ago, ...

, English holly, Himalayan

blackberry The blackberry is an edible fruit produced by many species in the genus ''Rubus'' in the family Rosaceae, hybrids among these species within the subgenus ''Rubus'', and hybrids between the subgenera ''Rubus'' and ''Idaeobatus''. The taxonomy of ...

hawthorn Hawthorn or Hawthorns may refer to: Plants * '' Crataegus'' (hawthorn), a large genus of shrubs and trees in the family Rosaceae * ''Rhaphiolepis'' (hawthorn), a genus of about 15 species of evergreen shrubs and small trees in the family Rosace ...

arborvitae ''Thuja'' ( ) is a genus of coniferous tree or shrub in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are five species in the genus, two native to North America and three native to eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister to '' Thujopsis''. ...

, groudsel,

clover Clover or trefoil are common names for plants of the genus ''Trifolium'' (from Latin ''tres'' 'three' + ''folium'' 'leaf'), consisting of about 300 species of flowering plants in the legume or pea family Fabaceae originating in Europe. The genus ...

alfalfa Alfalfa () (''Medicago sativa''), also called lucerne, is a perennial flowering plant in the legume family Fabaceae. It is cultivated as an important forage crop in many countries around the world. It is used for grazing, hay, and silage, as w ...

and

cocklebur ''Xanthium'' (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the tribe Heliantheae within the family Asteraceae, native to the Americas and eastern Asia and some parts of south Asia . Description Cockleburs are coarse, herbaceous annual plants ...

Life cycle

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

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 ''Chlorochroa pinicola'' is a European species of shield bug in the tribe Nezarini Nezarini is a tribe of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. Genera There are at least 21 described genera in the Nezarini including: * ''Acrosternum ' ...

'' (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)

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