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PESTS OF COTTON :: Minor Pests :: Dusky Cotton Bug7. Dusky cotton bug: Oxycarenus hyalinipennis (Lygaeidae: Hemiptera)
Distribution and status: Africa, Egypt, Indian, china and philipiness. Minor pest but regular in occurrence.
Bionomics: The adult is a small flat bug, dusky brown in colour. It lays cigar shaped, white eggs in clusters of 2-10 within the half opened bolls, on the bolls, flower or buds. The incubation period is 6-10 days. The nymphs undergo five instars. The nymphal duration is 30-40 days.
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