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.