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A closely related species is B. insularis, the southern chinch bug. The name of the chinch bug is derived from the Spanish chinche, which refers to the bed bug and is in turn derived from the Latin cimex. The chinch bug is not related to the bed bug, but took this name on account of producing a similar smell to that of bed bugs when crushed. [3]
Ischnodemus sabuleti, also known as the European chinch bug, is a species of swarming true bug from the family Blissidae, which family also includes the American Chinch Bug Blissus leucopterus. It was first described by Carl Fredrik Fallén in 1826.
Cavelerius saccharivorus, also known as the oriental chinch bug, is a small Asian true bug in the order Hemiptera and family Blissidae. [3] It feeds by sucking the sap out of the stems of grasses and grass-like plants, including rice plants and sugarcane .
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The term chinch bug can refer to a few different North American insects: Blissus insularis – the southern chinch bug; Blissus leucopterus – the true chinch bug; Nysius raphanus – the false chinch bug; All three species are in the order Hemiptera, making them true bugs. The entire genus Blissus of which there are 16 species in North America.
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