species 3,115 observations

Spartocera fusca

Field notes

Spartocera fusca is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in the Caribbean Sea, Central America, North America, and South America.

They have a strong preference for plants in the Nightshade family and feed by piercing the skin of the plant with their needle-like proboscis.

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided