Indian Journal of Entomology
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  • Year: 2023
  • Volume: 85
  • Issue: 2

First report of Acanthocoris scabrator (Coreidae) as a pest of vegetables in India

  • Author:
  • K M Shameem, S R Hiremath1,&, K D Prathapan1,*
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Published Online: Jul 11, 2023
  • Page Number: 473 to 475

1Department of Agricultural Entomology, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani PO, Trivandrum695522, Kerala, India

&Present address: Department of Agricultural Entomology, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Karunya Nagar, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu-641114, India

Department of Zoology, Government College Chittur, Chittur, Palakkad678104, Kerala, India

*Email: prathapankd@gmail.com (corresponding author): ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8493-1555

Online Published on 11 July, 2023.

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.

Keywords

Acanthocoris scabrator, Coreidae, Host plants, Capsicum annuum, Capsicum frutescens, Ipomoea aquatic, Ipomoea batatas, Solanum melongena, Andaman Islands, New record, Kerala, Vegetables, Pest