Leptocorisa acuta  (Thunberg, 1783)
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Kingdom: Animalia
Class: Insecta
Order: Hemiptera
Superfamily: Coreoidea
Family: Alydidae
Subfamily: Micrelytrinae
Tribe: Leptocorisini
Genus: Leptocorisa
Species: acuta
  • Common names: Rice eared bug, Rice seed bug, Gandhi bug
  • Distribution: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, American Samoa, Australia, Fiji, Micronesia, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands, Palua, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu.
  • Image locations: Chiang Mai
  • Hosts: Artocarpus altilis (breadfruit), Camellia sinensis (tea), Mangifera indica (mango), Myristica fragrans (nutmeg),​ Oryza sativa (rice), Panicum miliaceum (millet), Phaseolus (beans), Poaceae (grasses), Psidium guajava (guava)
  • Additional notes: 
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Image locations
Images of Leptocorisa acuta from Thailand
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Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg, 1783) Chiang Mai
References: 
EPPO Global Database
Plantwise Knowledge Bank