Here, we report on the first state and county record of Euschistus quadrator Rolston (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Washington County, Mississippi. The species has been documented from Honduras to Virginia primarily on soybean, cotton, various row crops, fruit, and non-crop hosts. The local impact on agricultural crops in the area is unknown. The lack of E. quadrator sightings in Mississippi compared with the frequency of occurrence in literature from Louisiana is of interest. Weather patterns may have contributed to the range expansion. Future efforts to educate growers and consultants on identifying key characteristics of the various Euschistus species common in the southeastern United States may reveal an even larger distribution of E. quadrator in the state and region.
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1 March 2017
First Report of the Soybean Pest Euschistus quadrator (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) in Mississippi
Bryce Blackman,
Clint Allen,
Walker Jones,
Nathan Little,
Michael Grodowitz,
Randall Luttrell
Florida Entomologist
Vol. 100 • No. 1
March 2017
Vol. 100 • No. 1
March 2017
brown stink bug
chinche hedionda marrón
cotton
Glycine max
Glycine max, algodón
IPM
MIP