The western conifer seed bug, Leptoglossus occidentalis, sometimes abbreviated as WCSB, is a species of true bug (Heteroptera) in the family Coreidae. It was originally native to the warm-temperate western USA (California, Oregon and Nevada) but has in recent times expanded its range and become an invasive species in parts of Europe.
This species is sometimes colloquially called "the leaf-footed bug", but actual leaf-footed bugs are an entire group of species in Leptoglossus and related genera of the Coreidae; see for example the Florida leaf-footed bug, L. phyllopus.
Western conifer seed bugs are sometimes mistakenly identified as stink bugs due to the unpleasant aroma they emit when disturbed.
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