Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas, 1852)

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

Leptoglossus zonatus (Dallas, 1852)

Distribution

Atlántida, Choluteca, Comayagua, Copán, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Gracias a Dios, Islas de la Bahía, Lempira, Olancho, and Yoro.

Notes

Specimens examined: 195 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).

Temporal distribution: Year long.

Hosts: Luffa cylindrica Miller, Passiflora edulis Sims (passion fruit), Asparagus officinalis L. (asparagus), Citrus sinensis (L.) Osbeck (orange), Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato), Zea mays L. (corn), Punica granatum L. (grenada), Anacardium occidentale L. (cashew), Psidium guajava L., Oryza sativa L. (rice), Solanum tuberosum L. (potato) (EAPZ); Cucurbita sp., Triadica sebifera (L.) Small (Chinese tallow), Sorghum sp. (sorghum), Schizocarpum reflexum Rose, Chilopsis linearis (Cav.) Sweet, Jatropha curcas L. (Barbados nut), Actinocheita filicina (DC.) F. A. Barkley ( Mitchell 2000); Helianthus sp., Crescentia sp., Hylocereus sp., Schizocarpum sp., Cucumis sp., Phaseolus sp., Persea sp., Gossypium sp., Azadirachta indica A. Juss., Musa sp., Sesamum indicum L. (sesame), and Coffea arabica L. (coffee) ( Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Leptoglossus zonatus is one of the most important and abundant pest species of coreids in Honduras. This species is parasitized by wasps of the genera Geyon, Ooencyrtus , Anastatus and Neorileya . Beauveria bassiana and Metarhizium anisopliae have been used successfully as a control ( Mitchell 2000).