Antestiopsis cruciata is a plant bug found in Asia. It sucks the sap of plants of a number of species including jasmine and coffee. They are considered minor pests in coffee cultivation where it is called the variegated coffee bug.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Pentatomidae |
| Genus: | Antestiopsis |
| Species: | A. cruciata
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| Antestiopsis cruciata (Fabricius, 1775)
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Antestia cruciata | |
The pronotum has ten black spots, four small on the anterior margin and six behind them. The scutellum has four spots. The corium has three black spots and a costal black streak. The body and legs below are pale green or yellow. The antennae are greenish. The bug is about a centimeter long.[1] A species of strepsiptera, Corioxenos raoi, is known to parasitize them.[2]
References
edit- ^ Distant, W.L. (1902). Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota Volume 1. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 185.
- ^ Baliga, Hemlata (1967). "A new species of Corioxenos (Stylopoidea) parasitizing Antestiopsis cruciata (F.) (Homoptera, Pentatomidae) in India". Bulletin of Entomological Research. 57 (3): 387–393. doi:10.1017/S0007485300050112. ISSN 0007-4853.