Lopidea major Knight, 1918 is a animal in the Miridae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Lopidea major Knight, 1918

Lopidea major Knight, 1918

Lopidea major, the Red Mountain laurel mirid, is a plant bug species found in North and Central America, a minor pest of Texas Mountain Laurel.

Family
Genus
Lopidea
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Lopidea major Knight, 1918

Lopidea major, commonly known as the Red Mountain laurel mirid, is a species of plant bug that belongs to the family Miridae. This species is distributed across Central America and North America. It is a commonly encountered pest that affects Texas Mountain Laurel, but the damage it causes is apparently minimal.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Miridae Lopidea

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