The serendipitous discovery of the plant bug Eurycipitia clara (Distant) (Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryoccorinae: Eccritotarsini) attracted to meloid beetles and a cantharidin extract led to an expanded study of this poorly known heteropteran. The production of a cantharidin extract from meloid beetles, which was effective in attracting this plant bug, is discussed; and a description of the trap design and the methodology used to collect the mirids are given. Descriptions of the adult male and female, the egg, and the five nymphal instars are presented and biology, host plants, and feeding injury are discussed. The first host records from Hura crepitans L. (Euphorbiaceae) and Erythrina sp. (Fabaceae) are given, and new country records for Bolivia, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru, and Trinidad are reported.