Western conifer seed bug: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the western conifer seed bug lives – recorded in 21 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Leptoglossus occidentalis
Group	Grasshoppers, bugs & other insects
Found in	21 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Class	Insect
Order	Hemiptera
Family	Coreidae

Where does the western conifer seed bug live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the western conifer seed bug in 21 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. In Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Slovenia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United Kingdom
Germany
France (introduced)
United States
Belgium (introduced)
Denmark (introduced)
Canada
Sweden (introduced)
Hungary
Austria (introduced)
Czech Republic
Poland (introduced)
Italy
Romania (introduced)
Spain (introduced)
Switzerland
Netherlands (introduced)
Slovenia (introduced)
South Korea
Ukraine
Luxembourg (introduced)

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the western conifer seed bug?

The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis) is an insect in the order Hemiptera and the family Coreidae, genus Leptoglossus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the western conifer seed bug

The western conifer seed bug (Leptoglossus occidentalis), sometimes called the pine-beetle, or abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Hemiptera) in the family Coreidae. It is native to North America west of the Rocky Mountains (California to British Columbia, east to Idaho, Minnesota, and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range to eastern North America, to include Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Michigan, Maine, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, and Wisconsin, and has become an accidental introduced species in parts of Europe and Argentina.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Western conifer seed bug (revision 1380443901), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q468719 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).