Leptoglossus phyllopus explained

Leptoglossus phyllopus or eastern leaf-footed bug is a species of leaf-footed bugs in the same genus as the western conifer seed bug (L. occidentalis. The Eastern leaf-footed bug is found throughout the southern United States, from Florida to California, through Mexico, and as far south as Costa Rica.[1]

These bugs are a common garden insect which may damage a wide variety of crops including cotton, peaches and tomatoes, and seeds such as beans, black-eyed peas and sorghum.[2] Like other bugs L. phyllopus suck juices from plants by puncturing them with their sucking mouth parts, making them resistant to ingested pesticides. A toxin is injected into the plant when piercing its skin, causing discoloration and hard spots on fruits.[3] The adult bugs are highly resistant to pesticides; however, they are vulnerable in their bright orange nymph stage. Trap crops can be used to lure them away from desired plants and to encourage predator populations,[4] and in small garden plots handpicking, the use of trap crops, and bug traps baited with methyl (E, Z)-2,4-decadienoate can be effective controls.[5]

Acetosyringone is produced by the male leaffooted bug and used in its communication system.[6] [7] [8] Leptoglossus phyllopus emits a foul odor when it is handled[9]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Leaffooted bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus).
  2. https://texasinsects.tamu.edu/leaffooted-bug/ Leaffooted Bug, Field Guide to Common Texas Insects
  3. Web site: P&dc_12.
  4. Web site: Trap Crops for Management of Stink and Leaffooted Bugs. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110818120153/http://nfrec.ifas.ufl.edu/MizellRF/stink_bugs/bug_trap_crops.htm . 2011-08-18 .
  5. Web site: ENY-718/IN534: Stink Bugs and Leaffooted Bugs Are Important Fruit, Nut, Seed and Vegetable Pests. 2013-06-07. 2013-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20130602102837/http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/in534. dead.
  6. http://www.pherobase.com/database/compound/compounds-detail-acetosyringone.php Acetosyringone on www.pherobase.com, the pheromones data base
  7. Male specific natural products in the bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus: Chemistry and possible function. J.R. Aldrich, M.S. Blum, S.S. Duffey and H.M. Fales, Journal of Insect Physiology, Volume 22, Issue 9, 1976, Pages 1201-1206
  8. Species-specific natural products of adult male leaf-footed bugs (Hemiptera: Heteroptera). J. R. Aldrich, M. S. Blum and H. M. Fales, Journal of Chemical Ecology, Volume 5, Number 1, 53-62,
  9. Web site: Leaffooted bug. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20040414154119/http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/aimg65.html . 2004-04-14 .

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