1874-4079/12 2012 Bentham Open Open Access Frequency and Diversity of Fungal Genera Contaminating the External Body Parts of Leaffooted Bug, Leptoglossus phyllopus (Heteroptera: Coreidae)

Abstract: Coreid bugs and in particular species in the genus Leptoglossus are considered insects pests of economic importance and have been shown to vector plant pathogens especially fungi. Leaffooted bugs, Leptoglossus phyllopus (L.), were collected from pecan, Carya illinoinénsis (Wangenheim) K. Koch, Gaura parviflora Dougl., pomegranate, Punica granatum L., and Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench, fields in Brazos and Burleson counties, Texas in 2008 and 2009