Lima, ArlindoValada, TatianaCaetano, Maria FilomenaFranco, José CarlosRamos, Ana Paula2021-09-272021-09-272021Phytoparasitica (2021) 49:539–545http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/22036Short CommunicationSince October 2019, chinch bugs have been detected in large sunken dead patches of St. Augustinegrass (Stenotaphrum secundatum) lawns in different locations of Lisbon and Setubal districts, in Portugal. Based on morphological and molecular studies, using mitochondrial Cytochrome C Oxidase subunit I (COI) gene, the collected insects were identified as Blissus insularis (Hemiptera, Heteroptera, Blissidae). This is the first record of this noxious chinch bug species in Europe and in the Palaearctic regionengChinch bugsSt. Augustinegrasslawn pestsinvasive speciesPortugaljournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12600-021-00903-1