Edessa (bug)

Edessa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hemiptera
Suborder:	Heteroptera
Infraorder:	Pentatomorpha
Superfamily:	Pentatomoidea
Family:	Pentatomidae
Subfamily:	Edessinae
Genus:	Edessa Fabricius, 1803
Species
See text
Synonyms
Aceratodes Amyot & Serville, 1843 Dorypleura Amyot & Serville, 1843 Hypoxys Amyot & Serville, 1843 Pygoda Amyot & Serville, 1843

Edessa is a large New World genus of stink bugs in the family Pentatomidae, containing over 250 described species. Several other genera used to be included until recently, such as Ascra, Paraedessa, Doesburgedessa and others.