Gastrodes grossipes

Gastrodes grossipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Lygaeidae
Genus: Gastrodes
Species: G. grossipes
Binomial name
Gastrodes grossipes
( De Geer, 1773)

Gastrodes grossipes, the Pine Cone Bug is a true bug found in most of Europe except in the far North. In the East, the distribution area extends over Asia minor and the Caucasus , and then across the Palearctic to Siberia. The food plant is Pinus sylvestris.

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