Occurrence of Scaptocoris castanea Perty (Hemiptera: Cydnidae) damaging Azadirachta indica (Meliaceae) seedings in Brazil

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2011
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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 􀏐irst report of S. castanea attacking neem plants.
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Neotropical entomology. Londrina, PR. Vol. 40, n. 2 (mar./abr. 2011), p. 288-289
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