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Rhinacloa insularis (Barber, 1925)

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Phytophagous; host plants: Alternanthera species, Scalesia species; arid to pampa zone; at lights; January-May.

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Arthropoda

Class
Insecta

Order
Hemiptera

Suborder
Heteroptera

Superfamily
Miroidea

Family
Miridae

Section
Phylini

Genus
Rhinacloa

Species
insularis

Taxon category: Accepted

In a group with Rhinacloa longirostria, R. usingeri, and R. crassitoma (of Argentina, Brazil, and coastal Peru) (Schuh and Schwartz, 1985). The species in this genus probably descended from two ancestral colonizations.

Origin: Endemic

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Peck, S.B. (2001) Smaller Orders of Insects of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: Evolution, Ecology, and Diversity. NRC Research Press, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, 278 pp.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Rhinacloa insularis", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11151. Accessed 2 October 2025.