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Litchi stink bug (Tessaratoma javanica) outbreak in Jharkhand, India, on litchi
The litchi stink bug Tessaratoma javanica (Thunberg) (Hemiptera: Tessaratomidae) is a minor insect pest of litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) in India. Recently, an outbreak of litchi stink bug was observed in the C...
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New report of Hirsutella sp. infecting mango hopper Idioscopus clypealis from Chotanagpur Plateau, India
An entomopathogenic fungus belonging to the genus Hirsutella was found infecting the mango hopper, Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae), for the first time in India in September 2011. The re...