Matias F I, Sampaio M V, Coelho L, Grazia J
Instituto de Ciências Agrárias, Univ Federal de Uberlândia, Uberlândia, MG, Brasil.
Neotrop Entomol. 2011 Mar-Apr;40(2):288-9. doi: 10.1590/s1519-566x2011000200022.
Neem (Azadirachta indica) seedlings were found infested by the brown burrower bug, Scaptocoris castanea Perty, in December 2009, in the county of Tupaciguara, Minas Gerais state. Symptoms observed varied from leaf yellowing and stem drying, reduction in root size and number to plant death. This is the first report of S. castanea attacking neem plants.
2009年12月,在米纳斯吉拉斯州图帕西瓜拉县发现印楝(Azadirachta indica)幼苗受到栗色掘穴蝽(Scaptocoris castanea Perty)的侵害。观察到的症状包括叶片发黄、茎干枯萎、根系大小和数量减少直至植株死亡。这是关于栗色掘穴蝽侵害印楝植株的首次报道。