Rice leaf bug
Trigonotylus caelestialium (Kirkaldy, 1902)
Status not recordedinsects
The rice leaf bug (Trigonotylus caelestialium) is a species in the family Miridae, order Hemiptera.
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Quick facts about the rice leaf 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 rice leaf bug live?
Not recorded
Is the rice leaf 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 rice leaf bug classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classInsecta
- orderHemiptera
- familyMiridae
- genusTrigonotylus
- SpeciesTrigonotylus caelestialium (Kirkaldy, 1902)
Synonyms Megaloceraea caelestialium, Megaloceraea coelestialium, Trigonotylus caelestialum, Trigonotylus coelestialium, Trigonotylus coelestialum, Trigonotylus procerus
Other names and names in other languages (12)
- klopuška útláCzech
- Stribehornet græstægeDanish
- halmekeilapääFinnish
- Punaise du rizFrench
- イネホソミドリカスミカメJapanese
- 빨간촉각장님노린재Korean
- Dryžuotaūsė žolblakėLithuanian
- RijstwigkopDutch
- Wysmukłek zdobnorogiPolish
- 赤鬚盲蝽Chinese
- アカヒゲホソミドリカスミカメJapanese
- ベニヒゲホソミドリメクラガメJapanese
Relatives of the rice leaf bug
Other species in the same genus Trigonotylus.
CompareRice leaf bug vs Trigonotylus americanusRice leaf bug vs Trigonotylus antennatusRice leaf bug vs Trigonotylus brasiliensisRice leaf bug vs Trigonotylus brevipes
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
What kind of animal is the rice leaf bug?
The rice leaf bug (Trigonotylus caelestialium) belongs to the family Miridae in the order Hemiptera.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits · CC BY 4.0 · v1
Oliveira, B.F., São-Pedro, V.A., Santos-Barrera, G., Penone, C. & Costa, G.C. (2017) AmphiBIO, a global database for amphibian ecological traits. Scientific Data 4: 170123. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.123. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4644424.v5 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
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Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikipedia contributors. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. https://en.wikipedia.org (text under CC BY-SA 4.0; each block names its article and revision).
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