Horn-banded Seed Bug

Neopamera albocincta · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Rhyparochromidae

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Horn-banded Seed Bug
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0

The horn-banded seed bug is a dirt-colored true bug in the family Rhyparochromidae. It occurs across the Caribbean, Central America, North America and South America.

Source: Wikipedia

How to recognize it

It belongs to the seed-bug family Rhyparochromidae and has a dirt-like coloration.

Source: Wikipedia

Where it is found in the US

Recorded in 32 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Maryland, Massachusetts, Virginia, New York.

Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.

Source: GBIF

Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist

Months it is reported in the US

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Source: GBIF

More photos

Horn-banded Seed Bug photo 2
Photo: W Rao, CC BY
Horn-banded Seed Bug photo 3
Photo: iNaturalist user, CC0
Horn-banded Seed Bug photo 4
Photo: Zeke Blankenship, CC BY
Horn-banded Seed Bug photo 5
Photo: Robert Webster, CC BY-SA

Same family (Rhyparochromidae)

Long-necked Seed BugLong-necked Seed BugMyodocha serripesDamages trees, gardens or cropsCoastal groundbugCoastal groundbugBeosus maritimusMediterranean Seed BugMediterranean Seed BugXanthochilus saturniusWhite-spotted groundbugWhite-spotted groundbugRaglius alboacuminatusPale-spotted Seed BugPale-spotted Seed BugPseudopachybrachius basalisParomius longulusParomius longulusParomius longulus

Sources

  • Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopamera_albocincta

Look it up elsewhere: GBIF · iNaturalist · BugGuide · ITIS · Wikipedia

Text written 2026-10-24 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-24.

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