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]
Cletus punctiger | |
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Two rice stinkbugs mating on a stalk of grass | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Hemiptera |
Suborder: | Heteroptera |
Family: | Coreidae |
Genus: | Cletus |
Species: | C. punctiger
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Binomial name | |
Cletus punctiger (Dallas, 1852)
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Synonyms | |
Gonocerus punctiger |
References
edit- ^ Kalaisekar, A (2017). Insect pests of millets: systematics, bionomics, and management. London: Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-12-804243-4. OCLC 967265246.