Bagrada hilaris (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), An Invasive Stink Bug Attacking Co…

ABSTRACT. An invasive stink bug, Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae), was discovered in the Western Hemisphere in 2008 near Los Angeles, CA, presumably introduced on container shipments arriving at the Port of Long Beach. In the subsequent 4 years, it has spread throughout southern California, southern areas of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, southern and west–central New Mexi…