Question

Difference between leptocorisa varinocornis and leptocorisa acuta

Answer 1

Leptocorisa acuta is typically found during the flowering stage of the rice crop, which coincides with rainfall and high humidity at the beginning of the wet season (Reji and Chander 2007). Nymphs and adults use their piercing-sucking mouthparts to feed on developing rice grains. These bugs prefer to feed when the host plants are young, at a time when the starches within the grains are not yet fully formed.
Leptocorisa Varicornis 

It is an active greenish-yellow insect with long legs and characteristic buggy odour. The adult measures about an inch in length
It is generally distributed throughout India but is more prevalent in Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and southern states. Commonly it is called as “Gundhi Kira