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Oebalus insularis
Plate 1 of 3. Alberto Pantoja, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org (CC BY 3.0 us) · via Wikimedia

Oebalus insularis

Oebalus insularis, known as the island stink bug and the coffee-colored rice bug, is a species of stink bug found in tropical and subtropical regions. This species is known for its role as an agricultural pest, particularly in rice fields, where it feeds on developing grains by piercing them with its proboscis.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 296297.