Narnia femorata is a species of leaf-footed bug in the family Coreidae. It is found in Central America and North America.[1][2][3][4] It feeds on cacti, including Opuntia phaeacantha, Ferocactus wislizeni [5], and Saguaro[6], as well as Cirsium thistle. [6]

Narnia femorata
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Genus: Narnia
Species:
N. femorata
Binomial name
Narnia femorata
Stål, 1862
Synonyms[1]
  • Narnia pallidicornis Stål, 1870

References

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  1. ^ a b "Narnia femorata Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  2. ^ "Narnia femorata". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ Webb, Nick; Eades, David C. (2019). "species Narnia femorata Stål, 1862". Coreoidea species file online, Version 5.0. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  4. ^ Vessels, H K; Bundy, C S; McPherson, J E (2013-09-01). "Life History and Laboratory Rearing of Narnia femorata (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Coreidae) with Descriptions of Immature Stages". Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 106 (5): 575–585. doi:10.1603/AN13084. ISSN 1938-2901.
  5. ^ a b Cirino, Lauren A.; McEvoy, Isaac; Smith, Logan C.; Emberts, Zachary (2024). "The leaf‐footed cactus bug is not a cactus specialist: Narnia femorata feeds, fights, and mates on thistle". Ecology and Evolution. 14 (10). doi:10.1002/ece3.70257. ISSN 2045-7758. PMC 11461750. PMID 39385844.
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