Cletus punctiger

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Cletus punctiger
Cletus punctiger mating on the grass - 1.jpg
Two rice stinkbugs mating on a stalk of grass
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Suborder: Heteroptera
Family: Coreidae
Genus: Cletus
Species:
C. punctiger
Binomial name
Cletus punctiger
(Dallas, 1852)
Synonyms

Gonocerus punctiger

Cletus punctiger, the rice stinkbug, is a species of true bug in the family Coreidae. It is a pest of sorghum and other grass species in India. [1]

References

  1. Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN   978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC   967265246.