{"id":4092,"date":"2025-07-31T13:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T13:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/?p=4092"},"modified":"2026-08-22T07:15:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T07:15:13","slug":"2025-07-the-leaf-footed-bug-of-la-perla-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pawel.stefanoff.pl\/bugs\/es\/posts\/2025-07-the-leaf-footed-bug-of-la-perla-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Atractivos y voraces: Los core\u00eddos del bosque La Perla"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Los chinches pata de hoja (<em>Coreidae<\/em>) son un grupo megadiverso de chinches verdaderas c\u00e9lebres por las expansiones en sus patas traseras, que a menudo imitan hojas, y por su asombroso camuflaje. Entre ellos se encuentra <em>Anasa bellator<\/em>, un llamativo chinche que pertenece al mismo g\u00e9nero que el famoso chinche de la calabaza norteamericano (<em>Anasa tristis<\/em>). Esta especie en particular se distribuye ampliamente por los exuberantes ecosistemas de Am\u00e9rica Central, M\u00e9xico, Am\u00e9rica del Sur y las Antillas. Al igual que sus parientes cercanos, utiliza una prob\u00f3scide especializada en forma de aguja para perforar los tejidos vegetales, succionando la savia directamente de las hojas, tallos y frutos; un h\u00e1bito alimenticio que, en ocasiones, puede causar da\u00f1os localizados en los cultivos agr\u00edcolas. Cuando se sienten amenazados, conf\u00edan en gl\u00e1ndulas odor\u00edferas especializadas para liberar una potente defensa qu\u00edmica de olor f\u00e9tido. 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