First Report of Acanthocoris scabrator (Coreidae) as a Pest of Vegetables in India

Authors

  • K. M. Shameem Department of Zoology, Government College Chittur, Chittur, Palakkad 678104, Kerala
  • S. R. Hiremath Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani PO, Trivandrum 695522, Kerala, India & Present address: Department of Agricultural Entomology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu- 641114, India
  • K. D. Prathapan Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani PO, Trivandrum 695522, Kerala, India & Present address: Department of Agricultural Entomology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu- 641114, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.383

Keywords:

Acanthocoris scabrator, Coreidae, host plants, Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Ipomoea aquatica, Ipomoea batatas, Solanum melongena, Andaman Islands, new record, Kerala, vegetables, pest

Abstract

In this study, a coreid bug Acanthocoris scabrator (Heteropera: Coreidae) is reported as a pest of Capsicum annuum, C. frutescens, Ipomoea aquatica, I. batatas and Solanum melongena from Kerala, India. No acute symptoms such as drying up or wilting was observed either on Solanum melongena or Capsicum spp.; however, on I. aquatica and I. batatas, water-soaked lesions were observed around the feeding punctures on the tender stem. This is a new record of this pest from Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

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Published

2023-06-01

How to Cite

Shameem, K. M., Hiremath, S. R., & Prathapan, K. D. (2023). First Report of <i>Acanthocoris scabrator</i> (Coreidae) as a Pest of Vegetables in India. Indian Journal of Entomology, 85(2), 473–475. https://doi.org/10.55446/IJE.2021.383

Issue

Volume 85, Issue 2, June 2023

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