''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of

shield bugs The Pentatomoidea are a superfamily of insects in the Heteroptera suborder of the Hemiptera order. As Hemiptera, they share a common arrangement of sucking mouthparts. The roughly 7000 species under Pentatomoidea are divided into 21 families (16 ...

. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe

Pentatomini Pentatomini is a tribe of shield bugs in the subfamily of Pentatominae. Genera * '' Acrosternum'' Fieber, 1860 * '' Arvelius'' Spinola, 1840 * '' Banasa'' Stål 1860 * '' Brepholoxa'' Van Duzee, 1904 * '' Chinavia'' Orian, 1965 * '' Chlorochr ...

, its species are similar in many respects to those in the Chlorocorini, specifically the genera: ''

Chlorocoris ''Chlorocoris'' is a genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae. There are about six described species in ''Chlorocoris''. Species These six species belong to the genus ''Chlorocoris'': * '' Chlorocoris distinctus'' Signoret, 1851 * '' Chlor ...

'' Spinola, '' Chloropepla'' Stål, '' Mayrinia'' Horvath and '' Fecelia'' Stål. Some species of ''Loxa'' are minor crop pests, for example ''

Loxa deducta ''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...

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Loxa flavicollis ''Loxa flavicollis'' is a species of stink bug in the family Pentatomidae. It is found in the Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the ...

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Loxa haematica ''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...

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Loxa peruviensis ''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...

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Loxa planiceps ''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...

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Loxa virescens ''Loxa'' is an insect genus in the large family of shield bugs. It occurs primarily in Central America and Mexico, but is also found in Texas, Florida and South America. While ''Loxa'' is a genus of the tribe Pentatomini, its species are simila ...

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Loxa viridis The ''Loxa viridis'' is a species of the family Pentatomidae Pentatomidae is a family of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera, generally called shield bugs or stink bugs. Pentatomidae is the largest family in the superfamily Pentatomoide ...

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Pentatomidae genera Hemiptera of Central America Hemiptera of South America Pentatomini {{Pentatomidae-stub