Blissus insularis
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| Blissus insularis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Blissidae |
| Genus: | Blissus |
| Species: | B. insularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Blissus insularis Barber, 1918 | |
Blissus insularis, the southern chinch bug, is a species of true bug in the family Blissidae.[1][2] It is found in North America and Oceania.[2] The southern chinch bug is known to be a pest due to its feeding on St. Augustine grass. [3]
