Kleidocerys resedae

Kleidocerys resedae, the birch catkin bug, is a species of seed bug in the family Lygaeidae. It is found in Europe and Northern Asia (excluding China) and North America.^[1][2][3][4]

Kleidocerys resedae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Family:	Lygaeidae
Genus:	Kleidocerys
Species:	K. resedae
Binomial name
Kleidocerys resedae (Panzer, 1797)
Synonyms[1]
Lygaeus resedae Panzer, 1797

Subspecies

These four subspecies belong to the species Kleidocerys resedae:

• Kleidocerys resedae flavicornis (Duda, 1885)
• Kleidocerys resedae fuscomaculatus Barber, 1953
• Kleidocerys resedae geminatus (Say, 1831)
• Kleidocerys resedae resedae (Panzer, 1793)