Chlorochroa juniperina

Chlorochroa juniperina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Pentatominae
Tribe:	Nezarini
Genus:	Chlorochroa
Species:	C. juniperina
Binomial name
	Chlorochroa juniperina; (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
	Chlorochroa junipera (Linnaeus, 1758); Chlorochroa juniperina subsp. Juniperina; Cimex juniperina Linnaeus, 1758; Pentatoma juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758);

Chlorochroa juniperina is a European species of shield bug in the tribe Nezarini.[1] C. juniperina is distributed in mainland Europe from France through to Scandinavia, but became extinct in England in 1925 due to the decline of juniper, its host.[2]

The plate below shows C. juniperina - "Pentantoma juniperina Linn" (bottom-right) in The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands.[3]

Nymph
Plate 2 from Saunders (1892)

References

Dyntaxa Chlorochroa juniperina
The Species Recovery Trust Lost Life Project
Edward Saunders (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.

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[dyn-1] Dyntaxa Chlorochroa juniperina

[2] The Species Recovery Trust Lost Life Project

[3] Edward Saunders (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.