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Squash leaf-footed bug (165) Print Fact Sheet

Summary

Common Name

Leaf-footed bug, squash bug

Scientific Name

Leptoglossus species; Leptoglossus gonagra (previosuly known as Leptoglossus australis) is the common species in the Pacific islands.


AUTHOR Grahame Jackson
Photos 1&2 Graham Teakle, Canberra. Photos 3-5 Mani Mua, SPC, Sigatoka Research Station, Fiji.

Produced with support from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research under project PC/2010/090: Strengthening integrated crop management research in the Pacific Islands in support of sustainable intensification of high-value crop production, implemented by the University of Queensland and the Secretariat of the Pacific Community.



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