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Oncacontias
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Oncacontias

Oncacontias vittatus, also known as the forest shield bug, are a species of shield bug only found in New Zealand. Forest shield bug nymphs prefer feeding on grasses, while adults will eat a variety of New Zealand plants including "hard-leaved" plants like rimu. O. vittatus was one of the first insects from New Zealand to be described by a European scientist.

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Forest shield bug

speciesOncacontias vittatus

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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 377403.