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Liorhyssus hyalinus Hyaline Grass-bug       No Local Name
f.RHOPALIDAE       No EngFamily
Liorhyssus hyalinus Hyaline Grass-bug       No Local Name
f.RHOPALIDAE       No EngFamily
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    Intl. NamesHyaline Grass‑bug EN [CIBED]
    Local NamesNo Content
    Pacific NamesNo Content
    Sci. NamesLiorhyssus hyalinus (accepted name) , Corizus (Liorhyssus) hyalinus, Lygaeus hyalinus [Original, Caribbean], newFix2024-11
    High Tax. Eng.k.Animals, p.Arthropods, spc.Hexapods, c.Insects, o.True Bugs - Bug
    High Tax. Latink.ANIMALIA, p.ARTHROPODA, sp.ATELOCERATA, spc.HEXAPODA, c.INSECTA, sc.PTERYGOTA, o.Hemiptera, so.Heteroptera, f.RHOPALIDAE
    Natl. PresencePresent
    Sth. PresenceRRPMG?AT?MK?MT?AK?PL?MN?TK?
    Nth. PresenceTN?MH?RK?PK?NS?SW?
    VouchersRR2021  
    Local OriginIntroduced; Recent; Naturalised
    Global RangeRange: Circumtropical-subtropical, incl. Australia - French Polynesia; Hawai‘i; 
    HabitatLand - Lowlands
    ThreatenedNo Content
    InvasivenessInvasive; Agriculture; as a herbivore
    BiosecurityNo Content
    Medical StatusNo Content
    Harmful StatusNo Content
    UsesNo Content
    Identification6mmBL excl.wings. Stout hairy bug with large protruding eyes; ocelli prominent. Pronotum yellow-brown and posteriorly dark brown with two lateral protrusions; abdomen extensive black above and black below. Hemelytra yellow to brown poximally, hyalinemore... distally and extend beyond abdomen. NYMPH very different, 5 larval instars; abdomen red with white spots.
    Similar SpeciesNo Content
    Interest NoteFeeds on a wide range of plants. Pest on crop plants.

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    Juvenile 2 - stages
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Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2026) Cook Islands Biodiversity & Ethnobiology Database, Version 2026.04.29 - Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at https://naturalheritage.gov.ck/cibed
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Adult live [6mmBL] - Cook Islands, Rarotonga - Gerald McCormack 2021-04

speciesid 15568

Hyaline wing and outer 50% of wingcover [6mmBL] - Cook Islands, Rarotonga - Gerald McCormack 2021-04


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Liorhyssus hyalinus
Hyaline Grass-bug
      No Local Name
RHOPALIDAE

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