Chrysocoris pulchellus

Chrysocoris pulchellus is a jewel bug in the family Scutelleridae.

Chrysocoris pulchellus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Hemiptera
Suborder:
Heteroptera
Family:
Scutelleridae
Genus:
Chrysocoris
Species:
C. pulchellus
Binomial name
Chrysocoris pulchellus
(Dallas, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Callidea pulchella Dallas, 1851
  • Callidea rama Kirbyi, 1891

Description

Adult is 13mm-15.06mm long.[1] Body is metallic green or blue in color. Antennae, rostrum and sternum are black. Sternum margins are brassy green while base of head beneath and abdomen are ochraceous. Femora are reddish ochraceous except for their apices which are black including the tibiae and all tarsal segments. Pronotum has 11 bluish black spots of which 3 transverse spots are in the anterior margin has and 8 are in the posterior pronotum arranged in 1+2+1+1+2+1 fashion. Scutellum carries 8 such spots. One longitudinal in the center surrounded by 2 transverse in anterior portion, 2 from the sides and 2 from the posterior side. One remaining sinuate transverse patch lies in the posteriormost part.[2]

It might look similar to Chrysocoris marginellus but differs in having smaller size and much broader and thicker antennae.

Distribution

It is found in Nepal, India and Sri Lanka.[2]

Host plants

Jatropha curcas,[2] Sandalwood, Lantana[1]

References
  1. Sharma, Praveen (2011). Systematic studies of family scutelleridae (hemiptera: heteroptera) and biology of an economically important scutellerid bug, scutellera perplexa (westwood) (PDF) (Thesis). Aligarh Muslim University.
  2. K.C., Sajan; Khadka, Anjali; Kafle, Kapil (2018). "Study of Jewel Bugs (Hemiptera: Scutelleridae)of Hilly Regions of Nepal". Journal of the Plant Protection Society. 5: 139–147. doi:10.3126/jpps.v5i0.47124. S2CID 191148806.
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