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Leaf-Footed Plant Bug

Bitta podalica

Photo by tmvdh
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Garden

Notes:

On Passiflora sp.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (5)
tmvdh
The original name Bitta podalica was reinstated by Leavengood Jr. et al. (2024): Studies in the New World tribe Anisoscelini Laporte, 1832 (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae): updated distributions, nomenclatural changes, and keys to the genera of the tribe and the species of Anisoscelis Latreille, 1829 and Bitta Osuna, 1984.
tmvdh
See also: http://coreoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1187481.

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