Fishtail palm, Caryota urens L. – a new host plant record for the arecanut spindle bug, Volkeliopsis arecae (Miller & China) (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Fishtail palm, Caryota urens L. – a new host plant record for the arecanut spindle bug, Volkeliopsis arecae (Miller & China) (Heteroptera: Miridae)

Authors

  • K.M. Shameem Government College, Chittur, Palakkad 678 104, Kerala, India
  • S.R. Hiremath College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Trivandrum 695 522, Kerala, India.
  • K.D. Prathapan College of Agriculture, Kerala Agricultural University, Vellayani, Trivandrum 695 522, Kerala, India.

Keywords:

Pest, India

Abstract

Fishtail palm, Caryota urens L. (Arecaceae) is reported as a host plant for the arecanut spindle bug, Volkeliopsis arecae (Miller & China) (Heteroptera: Miridae), for the first time.

Author Biography

K.M. Shameem, Government College, Chittur, Palakkad 678 104, Kerala, India

Assistant Professor, Dept of Agricultural Entomology

References

References

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Miller, N.C. E. and China, W. E. 1956. A new genus and species of Miridae from Areca catechu in South India (Hemiptera:Heteroptera). Bull. Ent. Re., 47: 429-431.

Nair, M. R. G. K. and Das, N. M. 1962. On the biology and control of Carvalhoia arecae Miller and China (Miridae: Hemiptera), a pest of areca palms in Kerala. Indian J. Ent., 25: 86-93.

Nair, C. P. R. and Daniel, M. 1982. Pests, pp. 154-184. In: Bavappa K.V.A., Nair M.K. and Kumar T.P. (eds). The arecanut palm (Areca catechu Linn.), Central Plantation Crops Research Institute, Kasargod, Kerala, India, 340 p.

Namyatova, A. A. and Cassis, G. 2016. Systematic revision and phylogeny of the plant bug tribe Monaloniini (Insecta: Heteroptera: Miridae: Bryocorinae). Zool. J. Linnean Soc., 176: 36-136.

Yeswanth, H. M. and Prathapan, K. D. 2014. First report of the occurrence of the arecanut spindle bug, Mircarvalhoia arecae (Miller & China) in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. J. Trop. Agric., 52(2): 82-84.

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Published

07-02-2020

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Shameem, K., Hiremath, S., & Prathapan, K. (2020). Fishtail palm, Caryota urens L. – a new host plant record for the arecanut spindle bug, Volkeliopsis arecae (Miller & China) (Heteroptera: Miridae). Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 57(2). Retrieved from https://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/842

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