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Pale red bug

Dysdercus concinnus Stål, 1861

Status not recordedinsects

The pale red bug (Dysdercus concinnus) is a species in the family Pyrrhocoridae, order Hemiptera.

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Quick facts about the pale red bug

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the pale red bug live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pale red bug as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Ecuador

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the pale red bug endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the pale red bug classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderHemiptera
  5. familyPyrrhocoridae
  6. genusDysdercus
  7. SpeciesDysdercus concinnus Stål, 1861
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • Turk's cap red bugEnglish
  • Chinche cabeza rojaSpanish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pale red bug

Other species in the same genus Dysdercus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the pale red bug an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the pale red bug as introduced in 1 country: Ecuador, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the pale red bug?

The pale red bug (Dysdercus concinnus) belongs to the family Pyrrhocoridae in the order Hemiptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Pale red bug (Dysdercus concinnus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-red-bug

MLA

“Pale red bug (Dysdercus concinnus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-red-bug.

BibTeX
@misc{pale_red_bug_2026,
  title = {Pale red bug (Dysdercus concinnus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pale-red-bug},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}