Megacopta cribraria(COPSCR)
Distribution details in United States of America (Florida)
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2014: Present, no details
First found in Florida in March 2012 (caught in a trap at the Port of Jacksonville, Duval county). Then found in other counties on mainly on kudzu plants but also in soybean fields.
* INTERNET
University of Georgia. KudzuBug. Distribution map (updated July 2014). http://www.kudzubug.org/distribution_map.cfm
* Medal J, Halbert S, Santa Cruz A (2013) The bean plataspid, Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), a new invader in Florida. Florida Entomologist 96(1), 258-260.
University of Georgia. KudzuBug. Distribution map (updated July 2014). http://www.kudzubug.org/distribution_map.cfm
* Medal J, Halbert S, Santa Cruz A (2013) The bean plataspid, Megacopta cribraria (Hemiptera: Plataspidae), a new invader in Florida. Florida Entomologist 96(1), 258-260.