▁ce iba ), ▁kap ok ▁( C e iba ▁pent andra ), ▁te ak ▁( T ect ona ▁grand is ) ▁and ▁the ▁port ia ▁tree ▁( Th es pes ia ▁popul nea ). ▁ ▁Bi ology ▁Like ▁other ▁true ▁bugs , ▁D ys der cus ▁c ing ul atus ▁su cks ▁flu ids ▁from ▁its ▁host ▁plants . ▁The ▁only ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁cot ton ▁plant ▁affected ▁by ▁this ▁p est ▁is ▁the ▁flower ▁and ▁the ▁seed ▁caps ule ▁or ▁b oll . ▁As ▁this ▁develop s , ▁the ▁insect ▁thrust s ▁its ▁ro str um ▁between ▁the ▁car p els ▁and ▁su cks ▁flu ids ▁from ▁the ▁still ▁soft ▁se eds ▁inside . ▁Micro - organ isms ▁are ▁admitted ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁and ▁may ▁make ▁the ▁b oll ▁contents ▁rot ▁or ▁the ▁l int ▁become ▁dis col oured . ▁Meanwhile , ▁the ▁se eds ▁with er , ▁the ▁fib res ▁may ▁fail ▁to ▁expand ▁and ▁the ▁b oll ▁may ▁abort . ▁When ▁the ▁se eds ▁of ▁a ▁host ▁plant ▁rip en ▁and ▁it ▁becomes ▁un su itable , ▁the ▁adult ▁insect s ▁migr ate ▁to ▁new ▁host ▁plants ▁of ▁the ▁same ▁or ▁different ▁species . ▁While ▁away ▁from ▁their ▁hosts , ▁they ▁feed ▁on ▁ne ct ar ▁and ▁fruit ▁of ▁non - host ▁plants , ▁and ▁can ▁surv ive ▁for ▁several ▁days ▁without ▁food . ▁They ▁seem ▁fond ▁of ▁cit rus ▁f ruits , ▁but ▁this ▁may ▁merely ▁be ▁because ▁there ▁are ▁often ▁cit rus ▁plant ations ▁in ▁close ▁proxim ity