Rhopalus (Brachycarenus) tigrinus (Hemiptera : Rhopalidae): First western U.S. records of a Eurasian scentless plant bug

Authors
Wheeler, AG Hoebeke, ER
Citation
Ag. Wheeler et Er. Hoebeke, Rhopalus (Brachycarenus) tigrinus (Hemiptera : Rhopalidae): First western U.S. records of a Eurasian scentless plant bug, ENT NEWS, 110(2), 1999, pp. 92-96
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Entomology/Pest Control
Journal title
ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS
ISSN journal
0013872X → ACNP
Volume
110
Issue
2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
92 - 96
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-872X(199903/04)110:2<92:R(T(:R>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Rhopalus (Brachycarenus) tigrinus, a Palearctic rhopalid known previously i n North America from Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylv ania, is newly recorded from six states in the western United States: Arizo na, California, Colorado, Nebraska, Oregon, and Wyoming. This specialist on crucifers (Brassicaceae) was collected along highways and railroads, mainl y from naturalized Eurasian plants such as flixweed (Descurainia sophia), p erennial pepper grass (Lepidium latifolium), short-pod mustard (Hirschfeldi a incana), and tumble mustard (Sisymbrium altissimum).