Nezara viridula (Linnaeus 1758)
 
Geographic distribution
Distribution
Major pest of many crops
  • Argentina
    • Buenos Aires
    • Catamarca
    • Chaco
    • Chubut
    • Córdoba
    • Corrientes
    • Entre Ríos
    • Jujuy
    • La Pampa
    • La Rioja
    • Mendoza
    • Misiones
    • Neuquén
    • Río Negro
    • Salta
    • San Juan
    • San Luis
    • Santa Fe
    • Santiago del Estero
    • Tucumán
  • Uruguay
Other distribution
Cosmopolitan. Antigua, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominicana, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Haiti, Hawaiian Islands, Honduras, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Paraguay, St. Vincent Island, USA, Venezuela, and Virgins Islands
 
In Argentina this species affects the leaves of “safflower” Carthamus tinctorius L., “pecán” Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch, “quinoa” Chenopodium quinoa Willd., “pumpkin” Cucurbita maxima Duchesne, “river red gum” Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh., “lettuce” Lactuca sativa L., “alfalfa” Medicago sativa L., “tobacco” Nicotiana tabacum L., “kiri” Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steud., and “potato” Solanum tuberosum L. Nezara viridula also affects flowers, leaves and seed of “chillies or peppers” Capsicum annuum L., flowers, fruits, leaves and stem of “common hazel” Corylus avellana L., flowers, fruits and leaves of “cotton” Gossypium hirsutum L., flowers, fruits, leaves and seed of “common bean” Phaseolus vulgaris L., flowers and fruits of “maize” Zea mays L., fruits, leaves and seed of “wheat” Triticum aestivum L., “soybean” Glycine max L. and “sunflower” Helianthus annuus L., seeds of “flax” Linum usitatissimum L., and leaves and stem of “tomato” Solanum lycopersicum L.
  • PENNINGTON M.S. 1920-1921. Lista de los Hemípteros Heterópteros de la República Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  • PIRÁN A.A. 1948. Contribución al conocimiento de la dispersión geográfica de los hemípteros neotropicales. Acta zool. Lilloana 5: 5-17.
  • DELLAPÉ P.M., MELO M.C., MONTEMAYOR S.I., DELLAPÉ G. & BRAILOVSKY H. 2015. Terrestrial Heteroptera (Hemiptera) from Moconá Provincial Park (Misiones, Argentina). Check List, 11(3), 1662.
  • MELO M.C., DELLAPÉ G., OLIVERA L., VARELA P.S., MONTEMAYOR S.I. & DELLAPÉ P.M. 2017. Diversity of true bugs from Iguazu National Park, Argentina. CheckList 13(5): 479-511.
  • DELLAPÉ G. . 2021b. An update of the distribution of the stink bugs from Argentina (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae). Revista de la Sociedad Entomológica Argentina 80(1): 23-32 (http://doi.org/10.25085/rsea.800103).
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