True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
Order Hemiptera
The True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Order Hemiptera) includes 7,349 species across 120 families and 1,727 genera in our directory.
About True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies
Hemiptera (true bugs) includes over 80,000 described species across cicadas, aphids, leafhoppers, shield bugs, and bed bugs. Aphids alone cost global agriculture an estimated $2.5 billion annually in crop losses.
Economic Impact
The brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) caused $37 million in apple crop losses in a single year in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. Bed bug infestations in the U.S. increased by 500% between 2001-2010, costing the hotel industry hundreds of millions annually.
Ecological Role
Many Hemiptera are essential food sources for birds and predatory insects. Cicadas provide massive nutrient pulses during emergence events - a single Brood X emergence can involve trillions of individuals across 15 states.
Families in Hemiptera (120)
Species in Hemiptera (7,349)
Zyginama ternaria
Zyginama ternaria
Zyginama triceroprocta
Zyginama triceroprocta
Zyginama tricolor
Zyginama tricolor
Zyginama tripunctata
Zyginama tripunctata
Zyginama unicolor
Zyginama unicolor
Zyginama utahna
Zyginama utahna
ash psyllid
Psyllopsis fraxini
banded lacehopper
Cixius cunicularius
black-spotted groundbug
Rhyparochromus pini
boreal ensign scale
Newsteadia floccosa
breadfruit mealybug
Icerya aegyptiaca
coconut mealybug
Nipaecoccus nipae
estuarine shore bug
Saldula palustris
hairy dorsum, Calif.
Eremocoris cf-setosus
heath shieldbug
Legnotus picipes
honeysuckle whitefly
Aleyrodes lonicerae
lesser water measurer
Hydrometra gracilenta
live oak kermes
Allokermes cueroensis
marsh rhopalid
Rhopalus maculatus
may turn out G. grossipes
Gastrodes walleyi
pallens or bullatus
Geocoris pallens-or-bullatus
pecan giant scales
Neosteingelia texana
pine needle scale
Chionaspis pinifoliae
possible undescribed species that feeds on black cherry
Enchenopa on-prunus-serotina
possible undescribed species that feeds on prairie redroot
Enchenopa on-ceanothus-herbaceus
possible undescribed species that feeds on rusty blackhaw
Enchenopa on-viburnum-rufidulum
possibly undescribed Scaphytopius nr. elegans
Scaphytopius nr-elegans
red cabbage bug
Eurydema ornata
saltmarsh lacehopper
Pentastiridius leporinus
scarce issid bug
Issus muscaeformis
southern broad-bellied bug
Eurygaster austriaca
transparent rhopalid
Rhopalus parumpunctatus
true cochineal bug
Dactylopius coccus
undescribed species that feeds on basswood
Enchenopa on-tilia-americana
undescribed species that feeds on birch
Enchenopa on-betula
undescribed species that feeds on black locust
Enchenopa on-robinia-pseudoacacia
undescribed species that feeds on black walnut
Enchenopa on-juglans-nigra
undescribed species that feeds on blackhaw
Enchenopa on-viburnum-prunifolium
undescribed species that feeds on butternut
Enchenopa on-juglans-cinerea
undescribed species that feeds on gum bumelia
Enchenopa on-sideroxylon-lanuginosum
undescribed species that feeds on hickory
Enchenopa on-carya
undescribed species that feeds on hoptree
Enchenopa on-ptelea-trifoliata
undescribed species that feeds on new jersey tea
Enchenopa on-ceanothus-americanus
undescribed species that feeds on redbud
Enchenopa on-cercis-canadensis
undescribed species that feeds on tulip tree
Enchenopa on-liriodendron-tulipifera
unknown Scaphytopius nr. majestus
Scaphytopius nr-majestus
vine mealybug
Planococcus ficus
white-banded shore bug
Saldula arenicola
willow scale
Chionaspis salicis