e.g. Dusky cotton bug
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
nymphs and adults suck the sap from seeds of
injured or already opened bolls and reduce the seed quality.
7. PYRRHOCORIDAE (Red bugs or Stainers)
They are elongate oval bugs.
They show warning colouration. They are brightly marked with red and black.
Membrane is with more branched veins and cells. e.g. Cotton stainer
Dysdercus
cingulatus
.
Feeding injury caused by these bugs leads to the contamination by the fungus
Nematospora
resulting in yellowish brown discolouration of the lint.
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