Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Venter without spine

Body length 8 to 10 mm. Colour pale chocolate-brown, with a distinctive pale band along sides of pronotum (dorsal plate of fore thorax). Venter (underside of abdomen) with scattered dark spots of various sizes.

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Pittosporum shield bug - Monteithiella humeralis

Present in New Zealand, introduced


Body length 12 to 23 mm. Colour brownish or blackish, without a distinctive pale band along sides of pronotum (dorsal plate of fore thorax). Venter (underside of abdomen) without scattered dark spots of various sizes. NEXT »

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