Naupactus rivulosus (Olivier, 1790)

Fornazier, M. J., Martins, D. S., Fanton, C. J. & Benassi, V. L. R. M., 2019, INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT IN CONILON COFFEE, Conilon coffee - The Coffea canephora produced in Brazil, Vitória, ES, Brasil: Incaper - Capixaba Institute for Research, Technical Assistance and Rural Extension, pp. 493-533 : 2031

Naupactus rivulosus :

adults are 18 mm long, with a very bulky abdominal region, reaching 5 mm wide. They are dark in color, with white, pinkish or greenish longitudinal streaks. The larvae are apodas and live in the soil.

There are other species of Naupactus and Pantomorus with varying sizes and colors that attack the coffee trees, whose species have not yet been identified.

Losses

The adult insects feed by destroying the edge of new leaves, giving them a serrated appearance. They occur in the summer and in severe attacks, they even cause the plants death by the destruction of leaves and shoots.

Method of control

Occasional insects rarely require control.