{{Short description|Species of true bug}} {{Speciesbox | image = Nysius huttoni (Lygaeidae) - (imago), Nijmegen, the Netherlands - 2 (cropped).jpg | genus = Nysius | species = huttoni | authority = White, 1878 }}
'''''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.<ref name=eppofact/><ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Aukema |first=B |last2=Bruers |first2=J M |date=2005 |title=A New Zealand endemic ''Nysius'' established in The Netherlands and Belgium (Heteroptera: Lygaeidae) |url=http://www.srbe-kbve.be/cm/sites/default/files/publications/BJE/BJE%202005/BJE%202005%20vol%207%20%281%29%20Aukema%20et%20al.pdf |journal=Belgian Journal of Entomology |volume=7 |pages=37-43}}</ref>
== Distribution and habitat == Although ''N. huttoni'' are naturally only found in New Zealand, they have also been introduced to Europe, including Belgium, France, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom.<ref name="eppofact" /><ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=S |last2=Eyre |first2=D |date=2010 |title=Plant Pest Factsheet: Wheat Bug ''Nysius huttoni'' |url=https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/assets/factsheets/wheatBug.pdf |publisher=The Food and Environment Research Agency}}</ref> Within New Zealand, they are widespread, being found on all three main islands as well as smaller islands such as the Chatham Islands and Three Kings Islands. Here, they occur in open and semi-open habitats from coastal to subalpine altitudes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |last=Larivière |first=Marie-Claude |last2=Larochelle |first2=André |date=2004 |title=Heteroptera (Insecta: Hemiptera): catalogue |url=https://www.biotaxa.org/fnz/article/view/fnz.50 |journal=Fauna of New Zealand |language=en |volume=50 |page=75 |doi=10.7931/J2/FNZ.50 |issn=1179-7193}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=eppofact>{{cite web |title=Mini data sheet on ''Nysius huttoni'' |url=https://gd.eppo.int/download/doc/1079_minids_NYSIHU.pdf |date=2010 |publisher=EPPO |accessdate=16 January 2019}}</ref> }}
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huttoni Category:Hemiptera of New Zealand Category:Insects described in 1878