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Antestia
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Antestia

Antestiopsis is a genus of shield bug, commonly known as antestia and the variegated coffee bug. Several species in eastern Africa are pests of coffee plants, giving the coffee beans a distinctive 'potato taste', which is thought to be caused indirectly by bacteria entering through wounds created by the insects, leading to an increase in the concentration of isopropyl methoxy pyrazine. They feed on flowers, berries and growing tips, injecting a toxic saliva that often contains...

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first

7+4+5 Spotted Stink Bug

speciesAntestia maculata

Antestia perroudi

speciesAntestia perroudi

Antestia versicolor

speciesAntestia versicolor

Antestia ellenriederi

speciesAntestia ellenriederi

Antestia atrosignata

speciesAntestia atrosignata

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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 622688.