Lablab bug / Bean plataspid / Globular stink bug

Catalogue Type

Plant Pests Catalogue

Scientific Name

Megacopta cribraria

Family

Pentatomoidae

Distinguishing Characters

It is a brownish stout bug .

Host Crop

Pigeonpea, cowpea, field bean, soybean, and other legumes

Order

Hemiptera

Photo of Insect

Photo of Damaged Crop

Description

Damage symptoms include feeding punctures appearing as black or brown spots and presence of a large number of shiny, olive-green near circular bugs on the plants.