Leptoglossus occidentalis
(western conifer-seed bug)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title Adult Caption Leptoglossus occidentalis (western conifer-seed bug); adult. Lakewood, Colorado, USA. (first detected in the UK during 2007 - http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus_occidentalis.pdf) Copyright ©Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US	Adult	Leptoglossus occidentalis (western conifer-seed bug); adult. Lakewood, Colorado, USA. (first detected in the UK during 2007 - http://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus_occidentalis.pdf)	©Joseph Berger/Bugwood.org - CC BY 3.0 US

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann

Preferred Common Name

• western conifer-seed bug

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Hemiptera
•                         Suborder: Heteroptera
•                             Family: Coreidae
•                                 Genus: Leptoglossus
•                                     Species: Leptoglossus occidentalis

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host Plants and Other Plants Affected

References

Ahn SooJeong, Son DaeYoung, Choo HoYul, Park ChungGyoo, 2013. The first record on Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Coreidae) in Korea, a potential pest of the pinaceous tree species. Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 16(3):281-284. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1226861513000368

Arslangündogdu Z, Hizal E, 2010. The Western Conifer Seed Bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heidemann, 1910), recorded in Turkey (Heteroptera: Coreidae). Zoology in the Middle East, 50:138-139

Barclay, M., Nikolaeva, S., 2018. Arrival in Kazakhstan of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae); a North American invasive species expands 2,500 kilometres to the east. Klapalekiana, 54, 1-3.

CABI/EPPO, 2010. Leptoglossus occidentalis. [Distribution map]. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No.December. Wallingford, UK: CABI, Map 741

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Faundez, E. I., Rocca, J. R., Villablanca, J., 2018. On the establishment of the western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Chile. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 44(2), 207-210. https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/39352/33565

Gapon DA, 2012. First records of the western conifer seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heid. (Heteroptera, Coreidae) from Russia and Ukraine, regularities in its distribution and possibilities of its range expansion in the Palaearctic Region. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie, 91(3):559-568

Gapon, D. A., 2015. First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Morocco. Heteropterus Revista de Entomología, 12(2), 161-163.

Hizal E, 2012. Two invasive alien insect species, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) and Cydalima perspectalis (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), and their distribution and host plants in Istanbul province, Turkey. Florida Entomologist, 95(2):344-349. http://www.fcla.edu/FlaEnt/

Jamâa MLB, Mejri M, Naves P, Sousa E, 2013. Detection of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Heteroptera: Coreidae) in Tunisia. African Entomology, 21(1):165-167. http://journals.sabinet.co.za/essa

Lindelöw A, Bergsten J, 2012. The invasive western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae), established in Sweden. (Stor skönhet fran Nordamerika med smak för barrträdskottar: Leptoglossus occidentalis (Heteroptera: Coreidae) en ny bredkantskinnbagge i Sverige.) Entomologisk Tidskrift, 133(1/2):55-58. http://www.sef.nu/

van der Heyden, T., 2017. Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) has reached the Greek island of Crete. Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 18: 185-187. http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/ae18_2017_van_der_heyden_leptoglossus_occidentalis_hemiptera_coreidae_crete_greece.pdf

van der Heyden, T., 2018a. First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Albania. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 44(3), 355-356. https://www.biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/41252/35123

van der Heyden, T., 2018b. First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in the Golan Heights. Revista gaditana de Entomología, 9(1): 1-3. https://biotaxa.org/RGDE/article/view/35594

van der Heyden, T., 2018c. New data on the distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini), including the first record of the species in Georgia. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 44(4), 433-435. https://biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/42579/36265

van der Heyden, T., 2019a. First record of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann (Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini) in Costa Rica. Revista Chilena de Entomología, 45(1), 51-53. https://biotaxa.org/rce/article/view/45598/39335

van der Heyden, T., 2019b. New data on the biology and distribution of Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910 (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae: Coreinae: Anisoscelini). Arquivos Entomolóxicos, 21, 31-32. http://www.aegaweb.com/arquivos_entomoloxicos/ae21_2019_van_der_heyden_new_data_biology_distribution_leptoglossus_occidentalis_hemiptera_coreidae.pdf

Distribution Maps