''Cosmopepla conspicillaris'' is a species of

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in the family Pentatomidae first described by William Dallas in 1851. Due to its common preference for plants in the genus '' Stachys'', it is often called the hedgenettle stink bug. It is also known as the conspicuous stink bug, two-spotted stink bug or happy bespectacled stink bug depending on locality. The name two-spotted stink bug is better applied to another species, ''

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'' (Fabricius, 1775).

Appearance

''C. conspicillaris'' is a showy stink bug with a black base colour and orange outer markings. This species differs from other genus members by the white

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-shaped tip of the scutellum, and the orange "spectacles" on the dorsal thorax. While other species may show similar markings, they differ in number of spectacle spots, colouration and host plant.

References

Carpocorini Hemiptera of North America Insects described in 1851 Taxa named by William Dallas {{Heteroptera-stub