From Yechalew Sileshi (EIAR, Jimma, Ethiopia)
Please help me identify this soybean storage insect which is becoming a challenging issue.
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From Yechalew Sileshi (EIAR, Jimma, Ethiopia)
Please help me identify this soybean storage insect which is becoming a challenging issue.
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It seems it is the same as the Bean Bruchid Beetle Insect
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callosobruchus_chinensis
The Jimma soybean program has been working on common bean too, and this insect has been a problem on common bean alone, and now it expanded its host range and started attacking soybean. This is just a recent phenomenon.
#bruchid