The first example of this technique used " Rhodnius prolixus " which is associated with the symbiont " Rhodococcus rhodnii " . " R . prolixus " is an important insect vector of Chagas's disease that is caused by " Trypanosoma cruzi ".
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Some species are blood suckers rather than predators, and they are accordingly far less welcome to humans . " Triatoma " species and other members of the subfamily Triatominae, such as " Rhodnius " species, " Panstrongylus megistus ", and " Paratriatoma hirsuta ", are known as kissing bugs, because they tend to bite sleeping humans in the soft tissue around the lips and eyes.
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Then inherited sterility was reported in the greater wax moth " Galleria mellonella " ( Lepidoptera : Pyralidae ), in the codling moth " Cydia pomonella " ( Lepidoptera : Tortricidae ), in the large milkweed bug " Oncopeltus fasciatus " ( Hemiptera : Lygaeidae ), in " Gonocerus acuteangulatus " ( Hemiptera : Coreida ), in " Rhodnius prolixus " ( Hemiptera : Reduviidae ), and in the Two-spotted spider mite " Tetranychus urticae " ( Acari : Tetranychidae ).
