About Dysdercus cingulatus (Fabricius, 1775)
Dysdercus cingulatus reaches an adult length of 12 to 18 millimeters, or 0.47 to 0.71 inches. Its body is primarily red, with a distinctive white collar and black spots on its hemelytra. This species is closely related and very similar in appearance to Dysdercus koenigii. It differs from D. koenigii by being slightly larger, and by having femora that bear varying amounts of black coloration, while D. koenigii has entirely red femora. Confirmed reported locations for D. cingulatus include Sumatra, Borneo, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, northern India, western Pakistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, and northern Australia. The exact full distribution of this species is hard to determine, because it has been historically confused with the closely related D. koenigii.
