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Lygaeus turcicus

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Lygaeidae
Genus:	Lygaeus
Species:	L. turcicus
Binomial name
*Lygaeus turcicus* Fabricius, 1803

Lygaeus turcicus, the false milkweed bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Eastern North America.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

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The false milkweed bug is widely distributed across the eastern United States and Canada.^[5] It primarily feeds on the seeds of false sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides.^[6] The false milkweed bug is commonly confused with other black and red or orange insects, including Oncopeltus fasciatus, Lygaeus kalmii, and Lygaeus reclivatus.^[5]

References

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^ "Lygaeus turcicus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ "Lygaeus turcicus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ "Lygaeus turcicus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
^ Dellapé, Pablo M.; Henry, Thomas J. (2019). "species Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803". Lygaeoidea Species File. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
^ ^a ^b "False Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus turcicus)". iNaturalist.
^ Slater, James A. (1983). "On the Biology and Food Plants of Lygaeus Turcicus (Fabr.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae)". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 91 (1): 48–56.

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Taxon identifiers
Lygaeus turcicus	Wikidata: Q10571423 Wikispecies: Lygaeus turcicus BioLib: 1164509 BugGuide: 102855 CoL: 3WPJC EoL: 609640 EPPO: LYGATU GBIF: 2007853 iNaturalist: 141626 IRMNG: 10192942 ITIS: 107816 Lygaeoidea Species File (old): 1210694 Lygaeoidea Species File (new): 918387 NatureServe: 2.1001530 NCBI: 1291711 Open Tree of Life: 156541

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False Milkweed Bug

Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803

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