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The Indian Cherry, Cordia myxa L. is native of Northwestern India and distributed throughout country especially in warmer regions. It is grown in the homestead gardens, farmer’s fields in few numbers. The severe incidence of tinged bug, D. cheriani was found in last 2-3 years and a major pest of Indian Cherry at present. The maximum incidence of tinged bug was recorded in the second fortnight of October on broad leaves (25.00/ leaves) and small leaves (9.00/ leaves) followed by first fortnight of November on broad leaves (22.20/ leaves) and small leaves (5.80/ leaves). It is damage to the leaves of Indian Cherry plant. Due to attack of this pest, the leaves turned yellow and finally dry. The body is oblong, pale testaceous with brownish or fuscous markings, with collar and hood yellowish brown, body beneath reddish dark with thoracic sterna darker. Labium is brownish with dark apex, reaching to base of mesosternum. Antenna is yellowish brown; 1/3 part of 4 segment blackish. Antenna is rather slender, segmental measurements: I, 0.12 mm; II, 0.09 mm; III, 0.80 mm; IV, 0.22 mm. Length of body is 2.25 mm and width 0.88. Head is very short, strongly deflexed, bucculae wide, areolate, closed in front. Legs are fairly slender and yellowish brown. Pronotum is very strongly convex, tricarinate, with discal part on each side covered by the reflexed paranotum up to the lateral carina; backward projection of pronotum triangular, areolate; hood small, feebly produced anteriorly at the middle. Hemelytra are wider than width of pronotum across humeral angles, longer than abdomen. Hind wings are longer than abdomen and hyaline. |
