Southwestern Entomologist (2008) 33, 111-117

R.J. Coleman, J.P. Hereward, P.J. De Barro, D.R. Frohlich, J.J. Adamczyk Jr. and J.A. Goolsby (2008)
Molecular comparison of Creontiades plant bugs from South Texas and Australia
Southwestern Entomologist 33 (2), 111-117
Abstract: Research was conducted to evaluate the possibility that a plant bug damaging cotton, Gossypium hlrsutum L., in south Texas is actually green mirid, Creontiades dilutus Stål, which is the primary plant bug pest of cotton in Australia. Molecular comparisons targeting a fragment of the CO1 region of mitochondrial DNA were made on Creontiades specimens collected from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and specimens of green mirid and brown mirid, C. pacificus Stål, collected from Queensland, Australia. The emerging south Texas cotton pest is neither of the species tested from Australia; rather it is a closely related, possibly indigenous species. Further morphological systematics work is needed to identify the Creontiades species from Texas, and collection of additional specimens from several locations where it is known to occur is ongoing.
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Database assignments for author(s): John A. Goolsby

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
molecular biology - genes
identification/taxonomy

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Creontiades (genus)	Cotton (Gossypium)	U.S.A. (mid S)
	Creontiades dilutus	Cotton (Gossypium)
	Creontiades pacificus		Australia (NT+QLD)