Leptoglossus oppositus (Say, 1832)

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

Leptoglossus oppositus (Say, 1832)

Distribution

Atlántida and Francisco Morazán.

Notes

Specimens examined: 1 (EAPZ).

Temporal distribution: May‒July.

Hosts: Pinus sp., Cucumis sativus L. (cucumber) ( Mitchell 2000); Helianthus sp., Cucurbita sp., Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai (watermelon), Carya sp., Yucca sp., Gossypium sp., Morus sp., Psidium guajava L., Zea mays L. (corn), Prunus sp., Pyrus sp., Coffea arabica L. (coffee), Datura sp., and Solanum lycopersicum L. (tomato) ( Maes and Goellner-Scheiding 1993).

Maes and Goellner-Scheiding (1993) recorded Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus Lepeletier ( Hymenoptera : Crabronidae ) as a natural enemy in Nicaragua. Adults are known to be parasitized by Trichopoda pennipes (F.) ( Diptera : Tachinidae ) ( Mitchell 2000).