Phthiacnemia picta (Drury, 1773)

Linares, Carlos A & Orozco, Jesus, 2017, The Coreidae of Honduras (Hemiptera: Coreidae), Biodiversity Data Journal 5, pp. 13067-13067 : 13067

Phthiacnemia picta (Drury, 1773)

Distribution

Atlántida, Comayagua, Choluteca, El Paraíso, and Francisco Morazán.

Notes

Specimens examined: 38 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: May‒July, August, and September.

Hosts: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), Solanum tuberosum L. (potato), Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato) (EAPZ); Pisum sp., Phaseolus vulgaris L. (beans), Trifolium sp., Vicia sp., Vigna sp., Stellaria sp., Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon), Cucurbita pepo L. (pumpkin), Cucumis sativus L. (cucumber), Momordica sp., Passiflora edulis Sims (passion fruit), Punica granatum L. (grenade), Sorghum sp., Zea mays L. (corn), Oryza sativa L. (rice), Coffea arabica L. (coffee), Sesamum indicum L. (sesame), Helianthus annuus L. (sunflower), and Nicotiana tabacum L. (tobacco) ( Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

This species is considered an important pests of tomato in Brazil ( Da Silva et al. 2003).