TY - JOUR A1 - Halbert, Susan E. A1 - Brambila, Julieta T1 - Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) (Hemiptera: Coreidae) : newly established in Florida T2 - Insecta mundi : a journal of world insect systematics N2 - Spartocera batatas (Fabricius) was found for the first time in the USA in Homestead, Florida, in 1995. Records from Brazil, British Guiana, Colombia, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saba, and Venezuela also are reported. The bug can be a pest of sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas. Y1 - 2005 UR - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/23929 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-239292 SN - 1942-1654 SN - 0749-6737 VL - 19 IS - 3 SP - 135 EP - 137 PB - Center for Systematic Entomology CY - Gainesville, Fla. ER -