Lygaeus turcicus

The false milkweed bug is widely distributed across the eastern United States and Canada.{{cite web |title=False Milkweed Bug (Lygaeus turcicus) |url=https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/141626-Lygaeus-turcicus |website=iNaturalist |language=en}} It primarily feeds on the seeds of false sunflower, Heliopsis helianthoides.{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=James A. |title=On the Biology and Food Plants of Lygaeus Turcicus (Fabr.) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) |journal=Journal of the New York Entomological Society |date=1983 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=48–56 |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/25009340.}} The false milkweed bug is commonly confused with other black and red or orange insects, including Oncopeltus fasciatus, Lygaeus kalmii, and Lygaeus reclivatus.

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{{Cite web| title=Lygaeus turcicus Report

| url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=107816

| website=Integrated Taxonomic Information System

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{{Cite web| title=Lygaeus turcicus

| url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2007853

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{{Cite web| title=Lygaeus turcicus species Information

| url=https://bugguide.net/node/view/102855

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{{Cite web

| accessdate = 2019-07-02

| title = species Lygaeus turcicus Fabricius, 1803

| date = 2019

| last1 = Dellapé | first1 = Pablo M.

| last2 = Henry | first2 = Thomas J.

| url = http://Lygaeoidea.speciesfile.org/Common/basic/Taxa.aspx?TaxonNameID=1210694

| website = Lygaeoidea Species File

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| title = A Catalogue of the Lygaeidae of the World (1960-1994)

| date = 1995

| last1 = Slater | first1 = James A.

| last2 = O'Donnell | first2 = Jane E.

| publisher = The New York Entomological Society

| isbn = 978-0-913-424-16-2

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Category:Lygaeidae

Category:Articles created by Qbugbot

Category:Insects described in 1803

Category:Hemiptera of North America

Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius

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