HEMIPTERA AND COLEOPTERA ON CHENOPODIUM QUINOA
Keywords:
Hemiptera, Miridae, Anthocoridae, Rhopalidae, Lygaeidae, Coleoptera, Coccinellidae, Chrysomelidae.Abstract
Heteroptera and Coleoptera, collected in experimental fields of Chenopodium quinoa, are reported. Twelve species of Heteroptera and five species of Coleoptera were recorded; a large number of the phytophagous species, Lygus rugulipennis, Orthotylus flavosparsus, Aphis craccivora, A. fabae and Chaetocnema tibialis, and of the predator Hippodamia variegata were found.
