Plautia affinis is a animal in the Pentatomidae family, order Hemiptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Plautia affinis

Plautia affinis

Plautia affinis is a small bright green stink bug species found across Australia, first described in 1851.

Family
Genus
Plautia
Order
Hemiptera
Class
Insecta

About Plautia affinis

Plautia affinis is a species of stink bug. This small bug has a bright green body and brown hemelytra. It was first formally described in 1851 by William Sweetland Dallas, under the original name Pentatoma affinis. It occurs across Australia, though it is found mainly in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales.

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Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Hemiptera Pentatomidae Plautia

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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