Abstract: The last two years (2010 and 2011)
tomato crops from west of Romania have been
invaded a new pest species known as Nezara
viridula (southern green stink bugs). This pest is
dangerous both stage adult and larva, too. The
fruits of tomato are quantitatively and qualitatively
affected. First, on fruits appear smaller yellow
spots, in time these get bigger and may include
entire surface. Injuries occur on young fruits
(green tomato stage) and mature fruits (red tomato
stage). From observations made in last two years
larva of southern green stink bugs prefer especially
green tomato stage while the adults of this pest
attack more mature tomato. In all cases studied al
individuals were observed on the basal part near
the stem. During feeding, the bugs injected the
toxic saliva; following the affected zone of green
tomatoes is stopped in developing and red fruits
are unfit for consumption because their bad flavor.
Regarding the period of day with great activity of
feeding it can be mentioned that adults and larva