First record of the lawn chinch bug Blissus insularis Barber (Hemiptera: Blissidae) in Europe

Since October 2019, chinch bugs have been detected in large sunken dead patches of St. Augustinegrass ( Stenotaphrum secundatum ) lawns in different locations of Lisbon and Setubal districts, in Portugal. Based on morphological and molecular studies, using mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit...

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Published inPhytoparasitica Vol. 49; no. 4; pp. 539 - 545
Main Authors Lima, Arlindo, Valada, Tatiana, Caetano, Maria Filomena, Franco, José Carlos, Ramos, Ana Paula
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.09.2021
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Blissidae
Blissus insularis
Blissus leucopterus leucopterus
Cytochrome
Cytochrome-c oxidase
Cytochromes
Ecology
Hemiptera
Insects
Lawns
Life Sciences
Mitochondria
New records
Plant Pathology
Plant Sciences
Short Communication
Stenotaphrum secundatum
Europe
St. Augustinegrass
Lawn pests
Invasive species
Chinch bugs
Portugal
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Summary:Since October 2019, chinch bugs have been detected in large sunken dead patches of St. Augustinegrass ( Stenotaphrum secundatum ) lawns in different locations of Lisbon and Setubal districts, in Portugal. Based on morphological and molecular studies, using mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the collected insects were identified as Blissus insularis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Blissidae). This is the first record of this noxious chinch bug species in Europe and in the Palaearctic region.
ISSN:0334-2123
1876-7184
DOI:10.1007/s12600-021-00903-1