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Khayu shield bug (Pycanum oculatum)

Khayu shield bug (Pycanum oculatum) is an animal species in Tessaratomidae, arboreal insect, has wings, wide elliptical body, dark brown, black and ivory, spends time perched on leaves in bushes and low trees in forests and land agriculture.

P. oculatum has an egg-shaped body, wide, flat upper surface, circular shoulders that form a semicircle, the rear end ends at the wing. The front has a thin black margin.

Dlium Khayu shield bug (Pycanum oculatum)


The upper surface is covered by the folds of the wings leaving a visible edge, has a dark brown color and has a vein stripe. Along the margins on the sides have black and ivory stripes.

The lower surface is the belly, is convex elongated, the front has folds, the back has straight transverse folds, is dark brown with light brown parts and the margins have black dots.

The head on the front end, small size, triangular shape with a pair of black and light brown eyes on each side. A pair of antennae appears on the side of the head, in the shape of a cylindrical stick, has four segments with three joints, thick, black, the first segment is very short and the fourth has a brown tip.

The legs are cylindrical-shaped, have several joints with several joints, are black and the sole has small spines for priming.



Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Infraorder: Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily: Pentatomoidea
Family: Tessaratomidae
Subfamily: Tessaratominae
Tribe: Tessaratomini
Subtribe: Eusthenaria
Genus: Pycanum
Species: Pycanum oculatum

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