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角盲蝽属(学名:),亦作角盲椿象属,是半翅目异翅亚目盲蝽科之下的一个属,其物种皆为重要的经济有害生物,会侵扰可可树、腰果、棉花及茶树等农作物,造成破坏,令农民损失。与本属物种相关的,是曾为本属亚属的非洲角盲蝽属(),只是这些物种的分布范围皆在非洲大陆。
角盲蝽属物种的小楯片(英语:Scutellum (insect anatomy))上有一条脊棱,是其辨识特征。本属物种的辨识乃基于其形态学特征, with considerable variations in colouration between insects of the same species (although for example, is characteristically green and red-brown).
如同一般的半翅目物种,本属物种具有口器,并以其刺穿植物组织,造成不规则形的褐色斑痕,令新梢、枝干或整棵植物都坏死。有证据认为本属物种形成时位于马来群岛沿岸,而本属可能仍然有隐藏物种(英语:cryptic species)。严谨定义(英语:sensu stricto)的角盲蝽属物种(把非洲角盲蝽物种都排除)在1970年代东南亚的可可种植业来说是个重要的“外来”害虫属。现时被认为附合上述定义的物种有14个,分别如下:
Very similar to , the African species were placed into by Schmitz (1968); these species usually have a lesser pests status than their Asian counterparts, with and causing greatest cocoa tree and crop damage. species, belonging to the same 族 (生物), are similarly minor pests of 拉丁美洲n cocoa.
Entwistle (1972) lists and maps ten species of attacking cocoa: