SUBORDER HETEROPTERA: TRUE BUGS

Hemiptera-Heteroptera-Coreidae-Leptoglossus zonatus-Western leaf footed bugs (C)

Leptoglossus zonatus

El Paso, El Paso County, Texas
September 3, 2015
Feeding on pomegranates
El Paso residents complain that this insect causes them to lose some or all of their pomegranates. Its feeding causes the fruit to rot by the salivary enzymes secreted, the yeast, and other pathogens introduced into the wound
Determined by Salvador Vitanza
Confirmed by Ken Wolgemuth

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