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Chlorochroa juniperina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Pentatominae
Tribe:	Nezarini
Genus:	Chlorochroa
Species:	C. juniperina
Binomial name
Chlorochroa juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Chlorochroa junipera (Linnaeus, 1758) Chlorochroa juniperina subsp. Juniperina Cimex juniperina Linnaeus, 1758 Pentatoma juniperina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Chlorochroa juniperina is a European species of shield bug in the tribe Nezarini. C. juniperina is distributed in mainland Europe from France through to Scandinavia, but became extinct in England in 1925 due to the decline of juniper, its host.

The plate below shows C. juniperina - "Pentantoma juniperina Linn" (bottom-right) in The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands.

• Nymph
• Plate 2 from Saunders (1892)

References

1. Dyntaxa Chlorochroa juniperina
2. "The Species Recovery Trust Lost Life Project". Archived from the original on 2018-10-28. Retrieved 2018-10-26.
3. Edward Saunders (1892) The Hemiptera Heteroptera of the British Islands: a descriptive account of the families, genera, and species indigenous to Great Britain and Ireland : with notes as to localities & habitats.

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