Creontiades dilutus


Cotton bollworm
Creontiades dilutus
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C. dilutus
Binomial name
Creontiades dilutus
(Stål, [1859])
Synonyms
  • Megacoelum modestum Distant,


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Green mirids have been collected from over 100 plant species, but are most abundant on two species in the genus Cullen, Cullen cinereum and cullen australasicum [1]

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References edit

  1. ^ Hereward, J; Walter, G (2012). "Molecular interrogation of the feeding behaviour of field captured individual insects for interpretation of multiple host plant use". PloS one. 7 (9). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0044435.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)