Black Stink Bug

Description:

Plataspidae; Plataspinae; Coptosoma sp. (this might be Coptosoma xanthogramma). "Coptosoma xanthogramma was described from specimens collected in the Philippine Islands (White, 1842), where it apparently occurs at least on the island of Luzon." according to https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/ha...

Habitat:

This infestation of Black Stink Bugs was spotted on String Beans (Vigna unguiculata) locally called Sitaw, in our vegetable plot.

Notes:

Having viewed the following spotting by Arne.roysland, I now think that this bug is Coptosoma variegatum - https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/11...