Nysius huttoni
| Nysius huttoni | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Lygaeidae |
| Genus: | Nysius |
| Species: | N. huttoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Nysius huttoni White, 1878
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Nysius huttoni, the wheat bug, are a species of seed bug, an insect in the family Lygaeidae. They are endemic to New Zealand, but were introduced to Europe. In New Zealand, they are an economically important pest of wheat and crops in the mustard family.