Leptocorisa acuta

TaxID: 236728

Basic Information

Leptocorisa acuta

Gandhi bug, Rice Earhead Bug, rice earhead bug

Leptocorisa acuta, the paddy earhead bug, is a species of bug recorded from northern Australia, Malesia and Taiwan. Its basionym is Cimex acutus and it is now placed in the family Alydidae. One of several rice bug species, it may be confused with Leptocorisa oratoria.

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Taxonomic Information

Metazoa

Arthropoda

Insecta

Hemiptera

Alydidae

Leptocorisa

acuta

unclassified

Photos (5 photos)

Leptocorisa acuta
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(c) Charles Lam@BY-SA
Leptocorisa acuta
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(c) Liu JimFood@BY-NC
Leptocorisa acuta
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(c) Liu JimFood@BY-NC
Leptocorisa acuta
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(c) Charles Lam@BY-SA
Leptocorisa acuta
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(c) Andrew Allen@BY

Morphological Features

No morphological description available.

Host Plants (3 host plants)

Data sources: EPPO Global Database and relevant literature.

Scientific Name Status
Dalbergia sissoo Host
Oryza sativa Host
Poaceae Host

Quarantine Status (9 records)

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

Country Status Year Added
Burkina Faso Absent —
Costa Rica Absent —
Dominican Republic Quarantine pests —
Ecuador Quarantine pests —
Guinea Quarantine pests —
Greece Quarantine pests —
Republic of Korea Quarantine pests —
Mozambique Quarantine pests —
United States of America Quarantine pests 1989

Distribution (32 countries)

Data Sources: EPPO Global Database and GBIF.

26
Present
6
Absent
0
Unknown/Other
Country Status State
American Samoa Present —
Australia Present
Bangladesh Present —
Brunei Darussalam Absent —
Bhutan Present —
China Absent
China Present
Fiji Present —
Hong Kong, China Present —
Indonesia 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 (2 records)

Data source: NCBI.

Run ID Tissue Developmental Stage Sex Read Count Location Actions
SRR8946474 mouthparts - - 23407592 China: Guangdong, Leizhou
SRR8946473 antennae - - 20787299 China: Guangdong, Leizhou

DNA Barcodes (0 records)

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Data source: BOLD.

No DNA barcode records available.

Literature