Sagotylus confluens (Say, 1832)
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Sagotylus confluens (Say, 1832)
Distribution
Atlántida, Comayagua, Choluteca, Cortés, El Paraíso, Francisco Morazán, Islas de la Bahía, Olancho, and Yoro.
Notes
Specimens examined: 196 (CEEF, CURLA, EAPZ, UNAH).
Temporal distribution: Year long.
Hosts: Oryza sativa L. (rice), Zea mays L. (corn) ( Passoa 1983), Canavalia ensiformis (L.) DC. (EAPZ); Ricinus communis L. ( Valdés-Rodríguez et al. 2015), and Senna obtusifolia L. H.S. Irwin & Barneby ( Palmer and Pullen 2000).
This species is considered one of the main pests of fig trees in Mexico feeding on terminal shoots and new leaves. Due to its large size, the latex loss is high and its excreta favor the establishment of fungi on the terminal buds causing them to dry ( Valdés-Rodríguez et al. 2015).
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