Species info
Classification > Superfamily Pentatomoidea > Family Cydnidae > Subfamily Cephalocteinae > Genus Scaptocoris
Scaptocoris castanea Perty 1830
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Geographic distribution
Distribution
Pest regularly of importance
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Córdoba
    • Jujuy
    • La Pampa
    • La Rioja
    • Mendoza
    • Salta
    • San Juan
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
Other distribution
Brazil (Froeschner 1960).
 
Synonyms
  • Scaptocoris terginus Stal 1876
Host plants
Costa Lima (1940) reported that this species damaged tomatoes and pimentos in Argentina and was of economic importance in Brazil.
References
  • FROESCHNER, R.C. 1960. Cydnidae of the Wetsern Hemisphere. Proceedings of the Unated States National Museum, 111(3430): 337-680.
  • COSCARÓN M.C,. 2017. A catalogue of the Heteroptera (Hemiptera) or true bugs of Argentina. Zootaxa 4295 (1): 001–432.
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