In high numbers false chinch bugs can cause significant plant damage. The chinch bug naturally feeds on wild prairie grasses. The chinch bug was another culprit damaging crops. Due to their small size, chinch bugs are hardly noticeable. A closely related species is "Blissus insularis", the southern chinch bug. In the 1860s, chinch bugs arrived in Wisconsin and damaged wheat across the state. This led to a huge decrease in the chinch bug population in this area. The name of the chinch bug is derived from the Spanish word '. The neighbourhood is named after the Marathi words for tamarind ("chinch") and betel nut ("pofali").