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Physomerus
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Physomerus

Physomerus is a genus of true bugs in the family Coreidae, subfamily Coreinae, tribe Acanthocorini; containing the notable pest species Physomerus grossipes (Fabricius, 1794)

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

sweet potato bug

speciesPhysomerus grossipes

Physomerus parvulus

speciesPhysomerus parvulus

Physomerus centralis

speciesPhysomerus centralis

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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 347934.