Interesting snippets :

+ about 18 mm long and 6 mm wide

+ long antennae with black and orange bands

+ dorsal surface dark brown, ventral surface with small orange spots

+ host plants include bean plants like mung beans, legumes, passion fruit, coffee, mango, citrus and cucurbits (watermelon, pumpkin, luffa, bitter gourd and cucumber)

+ nymphs hatch from eggs and moult five times

+ adults and nymphs inflict economic damage to farmers’ crops as they feed on the plant sap and cause the

shoots to shrivel