Nesidiocoris tenuis (tomato bug)

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Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Nesidiocoris tenuis (Reuter, 1895)

Preferred Common Name

• tomato bug

Other Scientific Names

• Cyrtopeltis crassicornis
• Cyrtopeltis ebaeus Odhiambo, 1961
• Cyrtopeltis javanus Poppius, 1914
• Cyrtopeltis tenuis Reuter, 1895
• Dicyphus nocivus Fulmek, 1925
• Dicyphus persimilis Poppius, 1910
• Dicyphus tamaricis Puton, 1886
• Engytatus tenuis
• Engytatus volucer (Kirkaldy)
• Gallobelicus crassicornis Distant, 1904
• Nesidiocoris volucer Kirkaldy, 1902

International Common Names

• English: tobacco capsid; tobacco leaf bug; tomato mirid; tomato suck bug
• French: capside du tabac

Local Common Names

• Germany: Gruene Tabak-Wanze
• Japan: Tabako-mekuragame
• Netherlands: groene tabakwantsje; Tabak-capside

EPPO code

• CYROCR (Cyrtopeltis crassicornis)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Hemiptera
•                         Suborder: Heteroptera
•                             Family: Miridae
•                                 Genus: Nesidiocoris
•                                     Species: Nesidiocoris tenuis

Distribution Table

The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

Host plants/Plants Affected

Growth Stages

List of Symptoms

References

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Distribution Maps

• = Present, no further details
• = Evidence of pathogen
• = Widespread
• = Last reported
• = Localised
• = Presence unconfirmed
• = Confined and subject to quarantine
• = See regional map for distribution within the country
• = Occasional or few reports

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