Red Cotton Bug

Catalogue Type

Plant Pests Catalogue

Scientific Name

Dysdercus Koenigii

Family

Pyrrhocoridae

Distinguishing Characters

Adults are red but has a white collar and three black spots.
Nymphs are orange/red, shiny

Host Crop

Wheat, maize , cotton, okra

Order

Hemiptera

Photo of Insect

Photo of Damaged Crop

Description

Feed on immature cotton balls and on the developing and ripening seed.

Cottony yellowish below the part which bug sucks