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Thyanta perditor
neotropical red-shouldered stink bug, red-shouldered stink bug
Thyanta perditor is a phytophagous stink bug native to the Neotropics, now recognized as an agricultural pest in soybean and other crops. Adults are distinguished by a reddish band across the pronotum and lack the long ventral spine found in the similar redbanded stink bug. Laboratory studies demonstrate nymphs require seeds or seed heads for development, as leaves are unsuitable. The species serves as host to multiple tachinid fly parasitoids.