Bug FAQSpartocera fusca
Spartocera fusca · Order: Hemiptera · Family: Coreidae
Source: Wikipedia
Spartocera fusca is a leaf-footed bug in the Coreidae family. It lives across the Caribbean, Central, North and South America. It prefers nightshade plants and feeds by piercing them with its proboscis.
Source: Wikipedia
How to recognize it
Spartocera fusca belongs to the leaf-footed bug family Coreidae.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
It feeds mainly on plants in the nightshade family, using its needle-like proboscis to pierce them.
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Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 6 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Florida, Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Months it is reported in the US
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Questions people ask
What plants does Spartocera fusca damage?
It prefers nightshade family plants and feeds by piercing them with its proboscis.
Source: Wikipedia
Where is Spartocera fusca found?
It occurs in the Caribbean, Central America, North America, and South America.
Source: Wikipedia
Same family (Coreidae)
Western Conifer Seed BugLeptoglossus occidentalisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Squash BugAnasa tristisDamages trees, gardens or crops
Dock BugCoreus marginatus
Acanthocephala terminalisAcanthocephala terminalisHarmless
Eastern Leaf-footed BugLeptoglossus phyllopusDamages trees, gardens or crops
Giant leaf-footed bugAcanthocephala declivisSources
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spartocera_fusca
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Text written 2026-10-23 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-22.