Cyclopelta siccifolia
| Cyclopelta siccifolia | |
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| An aggregation | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hemiptera |
| Suborder: | Heteroptera |
| Family: | Dinidoridae |
| Subfamily: | Dinidorinae |
| Genus: | Cyclopelta |
| Species: | C. siccifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Cyclopelta siccifolia (Westwood, 1837)
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| Synonyms | |
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Aspongopus siccifolia | |
Cyclopelta siccifolia is a bug in the family Dinidoridae found in South Asia. It is known for its large aggregations on certain species of plants. They have been known to aggregate and damage Erythrina, Sesbania, Pongamia, and Cajanus cajan.
The species has underside paler than upper parts, the scutellum has a small yellow spot and the membrane of the wing is much lighter than the rest of the wing. The most similar species is Cyclopelta obscura.[1][2][3] Aggregations of the bug have been noted on Sesbania,[4] Butea,[5] Milletia[6] among others. Where they risk damage to the plants, the recommended practice is to handpick the bugs since they are quite sluggish.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ Distant, W.L. (1902). The Fauna of British India. Rhynchota. Volume I. (Heteroptera). London: Taylor and Francis. pp. 280-281.
- ^ Kocorek, Anna (2013). "A new species of the genus Cyclopelta(Hemiptera: Dinidoridae) from Thailand, with a key to its Oriental species". Oriental Insects. 47 (4): 243–245. doi:10.1080/00305316.2013.871820. S2CID 83866839.
- ^ Durai, P. S. S. (1987). "A Revision of the Dinidoridae of the World (Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea)". Oriental Insects. 21: 163–360. doi:10.1080/00305316.1987.11835477.
- ^ David, S. K.; Venugopal, S. (1961). "Mass incidence of Cyclopelta siccifolia Westwood (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) on Sesbania speciosa in Coimbatore". Madras Agric. Journal. 48: 183–184.
- ^ Varshney, R. K. (1967). "Some observation on stink bug Cyclopelta siccifolia Westwood (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) a pest of Butea monosperma Lam". Indian Forester. 93 (11): 765–771.
- ^ Nair, Vinayan (2014). "Mass Occurence [sic] of Stink Bug Cyclopelta siccifolia (Westwood)(Heteroptera: Pentatomoidea: Dinidoridae) on Millettia pinnata (L.) Panigrahi, at Kannur, Kerala, Southern India". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 111 (2): 146–147. doi:10.17087/jbnhs/2014/v111i2/72249.
- ^ Fletcher, Thomas Bainbrigge (1914). Some south Indian insects and other animals of importance considered especially from an economic point of view. p. 476.