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Proceedings of the International Academy of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, 2025, 15(2): 53-66
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Morphometric variations of the head of rice ear bugs Leptocorisa acuta (Thunberg) populations

Lorrenne C. Caburatan1,2, Mark Anthony J. Torres1,2, Cesar G. Demayo1,2
1Department of Biological Sciences, College of Science and Mathematics, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines
2Center of Integrative Health, Premier Research Institute of Science and Mathematics, MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City, Philippines

Received 12 November 2024;Accepted 20 December 2024;Published online 31 December 2024;Published 1 June 2025
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Abstract
Leptocorisa acuta, sometimes known as the rice bug, is an agronomic pest that is well-known for causing damage to rice fields. The techniques of landmark-based geometric morphometrics are utilized in this work to assess the variance in head shape that exists across three groups consisting of both males and girls. A total of 35 landmarks were subjected to analysis using techniques such as analysis of variance and relative warp analysis. The findings demonstrated that there is a substantial amount of diversity not only between the three populations of male (p=0.02323) and female (p=3.705E-09) L. acuta, but also between male (p=1.36E-06) and female (p=0.06616) forms of the species. A significant proportion of the male L. acuta (RW=30.50%) and the female L. acuta (RW=41.6%) are located at the tips of the labrum and vertex, respectively. A number of causes, including genetics, ecological niche and dynamics, and evolutionary adaptation, might have been responsible for the appearance of variation. The knowledge of head shape diversity may be significant for the production of efficient pest management control in the future.

Keywords Aranea;attitudes;perspectives;conservation.


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