Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Rhinacloa rubsecens
chinche
Phytophagous; host plant: Euphorbia?; arid zone; February.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hemiptera
Suborder
Heteroptera
Superfamily
Miroidea
Family
Miridae
Section
Phylini
Genus
Rhinacloa
Species
rubsecens
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Endemic
- Carvalho, J.C.M. Gagné, W.C. (1968) Miridae of the Galápagos Islands (Heteroptera). Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., Fourth Series 36(7): 147-219.
- 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 rubsecens", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11154. Accessed 2 November 2026.