Summary ²

Leptoglossus zonatus is a species of leaf-footed bug, a type of true bug. It is found throughout much of South America, Central America, Mexico, and the southwestern United States. The bug is two centimeters in length, gray in color, with a zigzagging whitish band across its back and two distinctive yellowish spots on its anterior pronotum, the identifying characteristic for the species.

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1. (c) Dominik Hofer, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/dominikhofer/4430259310/
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoglossus_zonatus

More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Animal Diversity Web
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• BugGuide
• BugGuide
• CalPhotos
• Catalogue of Palaearctic Heteroptera
• Coreoidea.SpeciesFile.org
• CUIC Insect Images
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• Guide to the identification of species of the genus Leptoglossus Guérin-Méneville, 1831 of continental North America north of Mexico
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0

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