Comprehensive Description
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About 8 to 13 mm in length. Variable size and color; dorsal side is typically brown with numerous dark spots. Head and sides of pronotum are red. Spots may form vertical lines, especially near the center of the head. Spots may be bigger on veins of hemelytra and on part of membrane. Appendages are brown. Rostrum reaches third abdominal segment.
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General Ecology
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Hosts: Cardiospermum grandiflorum (Showy Balloonvine or Showy Heartseed), Paullinia sessiliflora, Paullinia turbacensis (Paullinia), Serjania decaplueria, Serjania mexicana (both Serjania Vine), Thinouia myriantha (Thinouia Vine)
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Dispersal
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Texas and Mexico to Argentina
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