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1 April 2013 Confirmed Distribution and Occurrence of Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in the Southeastern United States
Wayne A. Gardner, Harold B. Peeler, Joseph LaForest, Phillip M. Roberts, Alton N. Sparks, Jeremy K. Greene, Dominic Reisig, Daniel R. Suiter, Jack S. Bacheler, Kathleen Kidd, Charles H. Ray, Xing Ping Hu, Robert C. Kemerait, Erika A. Scocco, Joseph E. Eger, John R. Ruberson, Edward J. Sikora, D. Ames Herbert, Charlotte Campana, Susan Halbert, Scott D. Stewart, G. David Buntin, Michael D. Toews, Charles T. Bargeron
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Abstract

Megacopta cribraria (F) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) was first discovered in North America in 9 counties in northeastern Georgia (USA) in October 2009. By the end of 2012, surveys conducted in Georgia and neighboring states confirmed that the insect had spread into 383 additional counties in the southeastern U.S., including the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. It was reported from 33 species of plants representing 15 taxonomic families in these surveys, with 17 of those from the family Fabaceae (legumes). Kudzu (Pueraria montana Lour. [Merr.] variety lobata [Willd.] Maesen & S. Almeida) was the most frequently reported host. All life stages of the insect were observed only on kudzu and soybean (Glycine max [L.] Merrill) which, to date, are the only confirmed reproductive host plants of M. cribraria in its expanded North American range.

Wayne A. Gardner, Harold B. Peeler, Joseph LaForest, Phillip M. Roberts, Alton N. Sparks, Jeremy K. Greene, Dominic Reisig, Daniel R. Suiter, Jack S. Bacheler, Kathleen Kidd, Charles H. Ray, Xing Ping Hu, Robert C. Kemerait, Erika A. Scocco, Joseph E. Eger, John R. Ruberson, Edward J. Sikora, D. Ames Herbert, Charlotte Campana, Susan Halbert, Scott D. Stewart, G. David Buntin, Michael D. Toews, and Charles T. Bargeron "Confirmed Distribution and Occurrence of Megacopta cribraria (F.) (Hemiptera: Heteroptera: Plataspidae) in the Southeastern United States," Journal of Entomological Science 48(2), 118-127, (1 April 2013). https://doi.org/10.18474/0749-8004-48.2.118
Received: 6 July 2012; Accepted: 1 September 2012; Published: 1 April 2013
KEYWORDS
bean plataspid
EDDSMapS
expanded range
globular stink bug
host plants
invasive species
kudzu bug
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