Dysdercus cingulatus

TaxID: 191328

Basic Information

Dysdercus cingulatus

Red Cotton Bug, red cotton bug

Dysdercus cingulatus is a species of true bug in the family Pyrrhocoridae, commonly known as the red cotton stainer. It is a serious pest of cotton crops, the adults and older nymphs feeding on the emerging bolls and the cotton seeds as they mature, transmitting cotton-staining fungi as they do so.

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Taxonomic Information

Eukaryota

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Pyrrhocoridae

Dysdercus

cingulatus

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Photos (0 photos)

No photos available.

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (10 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Abelmoschus esculentus Host
Ceiba pentandra Host
Corchorus Host
Corchorus aestuans Host
Corchorus capsularis Host
Gossypium Host
Gossypium hirsutum Host
Hibiscus Host
Hibiscus cannabinus Host
Malvaceae Host

Quarantine Status (5 records)

Data sources: IPPC website and national quarantine websites; verified by human review.

Country Status Year Added
Greece Quarantine pests —
Guatemala Absent —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Mexico Quarantine pests 2018
Mozambique Quarantine pests —

Distribution (27 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

27
Present
0
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
Australia Present
Bangladesh Present —
Bhutan Present —
Cambodia Present —
China Present
Cameroon Present —
Germany Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia Present —
India Present —
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Distribution Map (Latitude and longitude coordinates sourced from GBIF.)

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Genomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No genome records available.

Transcriptomes (0 records)

Data source: NCBI.

No transcriptome records available.

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature