Engytatus modestus (Distant, 1893) is a animal in the Miridae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Engytatus modestus (Distant, 1893)

Engytatus modestus (Distant, 1893)

Engytatus modestus, the tomato bug, is a plant bug species in Miridae found across the Americas and the Caribbean.

Family
Genus
Engytatus
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Engytatus modestus (Distant, 1893)

Engytatus modestus, commonly called the tomato bug, is a species of plant bug belonging to the family Miridae. This species is distributed across the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Miridae Engytatus

More from Miridae

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