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Blissus insularis Barber, 1918
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Blissus insularis, the southern chinch bug, is a species of true bug in the family Blissidae.[1][2] It is found in North America and Oceania.[2] The southern chinch bug is known to be a pest due to its feeding on St. Augustine grass. [3]