Red Cotton Stainer Bug (Dysdercus cingulatus): Scientific Classification, Habit and Habitat, Food Habit, Identifying Characters
Red Cotton Stainer Bug (Dysdercus cingulatus) : Scientific Classification, Habit and Habitat, Food Habit, Identifying Characters Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Pyrrhocoridae Genus: Dysdercus Species: Cingulatum Habit and Habitat: The Cotton Stainer Bug s een in large numbers when the cotton is fruiting. Both adults and nymphs are often found in groups under the leaves or among the bolls of cotton plants. Food Habit : Feeds on the sap of host plants. Mouth type: Piercing and sucking. Host plants: Chorisia speciosa ( silk floss tree ) , Hibiscus spp. , Thespesia populnea ( portia tree ) , Abutilon indicum , Abelmoschus esculentus (okra) , Corchorus (jutes) , Gossypium (cotton) , Zea mays (maize) , Ceib pentandra (kapok). Identifying Characters Body is Reddish with white bands on the abdomen and black markin
