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Crops > Plantation crops > Jatropha > Chrysocoris or Scuteller, bug, Jatropha, Cambodia

Crops Plantation crops Jatropha Chrysocoris or Scuteller, bug, Jatropha, Cambodia

Chrysocoris or Scuteller, bug, Jatropha, Cambodia

September 2011. Bug from Jatropha, Cambodia. Said to be in small numbers during the wet season.

It was said to be a scutellarid bug. The genera are Chrysocoris and Scutellera. Its better to send specimens to a taxonomist for species identification. This bug can cause severe damage to jatropha pods. Another suggestion was Calliphara, but specimens were needed to confirm this.

It was said that Calliphara is a synonym of Scutellera. However, another member was unaware of that, and said that they should be treated separately and, further, it looked more like Scutellera than Calliphara – the body shape is narrower than the broader species of Calliphara.