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title: "Eastern Leaf-footed Bug"
description: "Leptoglossus phyllopus — Insekten & Spinnen. Leptoglossus phyllopus or eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug (L."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/eastern-leaf-footed-bug
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Eastern Leaf-footed Bug

> Leptoglossus phyllopus — Insekten & Spinnen. Leptoglossus phyllopus or eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug (L.

- Scientific name: *Leptoglossus phyllopus*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `urban` (Stadt & Garten)
- iNaturalist observations: 26855
- Wikidata: [Q2742175](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2742175)
- iNaturalist taxon: [61256](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/61256)

## Names

- en: Eastern Leaf-footed Bug
- es: Chinche con cinturón
- fr: Punaise à ceinture blanche

## Countries with the most observations

US (21644), MX (406)

## Summary

Leptoglossus phyllopus or eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug (L. occidentalis). The eastern leaf-footed bug is found throughout the southern United States, from Florida to California, through Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica.
These bugs are a common garden insect which may damage a wide variety of crops including cotton, peaches and tomatoes, and seeds such as beans, black-eyed peas and sorghum. Like other bugs L. phyllopus suck juices from plants by puncturing them with their sucking mouth parts, making them resistant to ingested pesticides…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptoglossus_phyllopus

## Photo

![Eastern Leaf-footed Bug](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/eastern-leaf-footed-bug/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jade Fortnash · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/149256403

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/eastern-leaf-footed-bug?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).