Abstract
EENY-432, a 3-page illustrated fact sheet by Celina Gomez and Russell F. Mizell III, is part of the Featured Creatures collection. It describes this stink bug with broad geographical range in the Americas — distribution, description, life cycle and biology, hosts, and damage. Includes selected references. Published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, February 2009.
References
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Green JK, Bundy CS, Robertson PM, Leon BR. 2006. Identification and monitoring of common boll-feeding bugs in cotton. Cotton Incorporated. pp 12.
Mizell RF. (2008). Monitoring stink bugs with the Florida stink bug trap. Insect Traps and Sampling. http://ufinsect.ifas.ufl.edu/stink_bugs/stink_bugs.htm (3 April 2008).
Mizell RF. (2005). Stink bugs and leaffooted bugs are important fruit, nut, seed and vegetable pests. EDIS. UF/IFAS. ENY-718. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/IN534 (3 April 2008)
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