Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910
(Western Conifer Seed Bug)

Interactions where Leptoglossus occidentalis is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
		sucks sap of unripe seed			Juniperus	junipers	Pinales: Cupressaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Cupressaceae/Juniperus/	Juniperus	junipers		unripe	seed
		sucks sap of unripe seed			Abies	firs	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Abies/	Abies	firs		unripe	seed
		sucks sap of unripe seed			Cedrus	cedars	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Cedrus/	Cedrus	cedars		unripe	seed
		sucks sap of unripe seed			Picea	spruces	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug					Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Picea/	Picea	spruces		unripe	seed
adult		adult sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus contorta	Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Shore Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta/	Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine, beach pine, shore pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus contorta	Lodgepole Pine, Beach Pine, Shore Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus contorta/	Pinus contorta	lodgepole pine, beach pine, shore pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major		(5-8)
adult		adult sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/	Pinus nigra	Austrian pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus nigra	Austrian Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus nigra/	Pinus nigra	Austrian pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major		(5-8)
adult		adult sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of unripe seed (in 1-year old cone)			Pinus sylvestris	Scots Pine	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pinus sylvestris/	Pinus sylvestris	Scots pine		unripe	seed (in 1-year old cone)		Major		(5-8)
adult		adult sucks sap of unripe seed			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				adult	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		unripe	seed		Major
nymph		nymph sucks sap of unripe seed			Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas Fir	Pinales: Pinaceae	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis, Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hemiptera/Coreidae/Leptoglossus occidentalis/	Leptoglossus occidentalis	western conifer seed bug				nymph	Foodplant / sap sucker			/Plantae/Tracheophyta/Pinopsida/Pinales/Pinaceae/Pseudotsuga menziesii/	Pseudotsuga menziesii	Douglas fir		unripe	seed		Major		(5-8)

Author & Year	Title	Source
Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.	Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis	Plant Pest Factsheet, 3pp, DEFRA

Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

INSECTA
(true insects)

Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug)
Family	COREIDAE (squashbugs)
Superfamily	COREOIDEA (a superfamily of bugs)
Infraorder	Pentatomomorpha (an infraorder of bugs)
Suborder	HETEROPTERA (true bugs)
Order	HEMIPTERA (bugs)
Division	Exopterygota (earwigs, grasshoppers, stoneflies, true bugs, and other insects with wings developing externally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Leptoglossus occidentalis is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug)

Identification Works

Handling & Magnification	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Reid, S., Cannon, R., Malumphy, C., Tilbury, C. & Straw, N.		Western Conifer Seed Bug: Leptoglossus occidentalis	Plant Pest Factsheet, 3pp, DEFRA

Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

COREIDAE
(squashbugs)

Pentatomomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Regional
Mjøs, A.T., Nielsen, T.R. & Ødegaard, F.	2010	The Western Conifer Seed Bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann, 1910) (Hemiptera, Coreidae) found in SW Norway	NJE Vol 57 (1): 20-22.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Leptoglossus occidentalis (Western Conifer Seed Bug):

COREIDAE
(squashbugs)

Pentatomomorpha
(an infraorder of bugs)

HETEROPTERA
(true bugs)

HEMIPTERA
(bugs)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

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