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Family: Coreidae (tip wilters)
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta >
Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria >
Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra >
Arthopoda > Mandibulata >
Atelocerata > Panhexapoda >
Hexapoda
> Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota >
Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Paraneoptera > Condylognatha
> Hemiptera (bugs) >
Heteroptera > Pentatomomorpha > Coreoidea
Tip wilters are so called because they suck out the plant juices just below the tip of
a new branch causing it to droop and wilt soon afterwards. Anoplocnemis curvipes is
the most common pest species in South Africa attacking many crop plants as well as garden
ornamentals and vegetables.
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