Acanthocephala femorata (F., 1775)

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

Acanthocephala femorata (F., 1775)

Distribution

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

Notes

Specimens examined: 108 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: January ( Passoa 1983), May‒July, October.

Hosts: Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (sweet potato), Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (orange), Cucurbita pepo L. (pumpkin) (EAPZ); Solanum tuberosum L. (potato) ( Passoa 1983); Helianthus annuus L. (sunflower), Cirsium texanum Buckley, Ambrosia trifida L. (wild hemp), Baccharis neglecta Britton, Chenopodium album L. (pigweed), Cirsium horridulum Michx. (yellow thistle), Ratibida columnifera (Nutt.) Wooton & Standl. (prairie coneflower), Sorghum halepense (L.) Pers. (Johnson grass), Erigeron quercifolius Lam., Abelmoschus esculentus (L.) Moench (gumbo), Parthenium sp., Gossypium hirsutum L. (cotton), Prunus persica (L.) Batsch (peach), Sorghastrum nutans (L.) Nash ( McPherson et al. 2011), and Jatropha curcas L. (Barbados nut) ( Alonso and Lezcano 2014).

Acanthocephala femorata is parasitized by Trichopoda pennipes (F.), ( Diptera : Tachinidae ). McPherson et al. (2011) recorded Arilus cristatus L. ( Hemiptera : Reduviidae ), Gryon floridanum Ashmead ( Hymenoptera : Scelionidae ), and Bicyrtes quadrifasciata Say ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ) as natural enemies.