Tropidothorax sinensis (Reuter) (Hemiptera: Lygaeidae) was found on commercially cultivated eggplant in Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, in late August 2016. T. sinensis adults and larvae damaged the growing point in eggplant. In this survey, eggplant was recorded as a new host plant of T. sinensis.
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