Lesson-2c.-10.-Major-Pest-of-Crops-Fruit-trees_033324.pdf

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1. INSECTS OF FRUITTREES

2. INSECTS
OF
ANNONACEAE

3. HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA
Mealybugs (Pseudococcidae) on guyabano
fruit (Ferrisia virgataand Planococcus
lilacinusinfesting fruits, young stems, and
leaves
Treehoppers (Membracidae)
on guyabano fruit (probably
Tricentrus) infesting young
shoots and fruits

4. Anonaepestis (=Heterographis) bengalella(Ragonot)
Atis fruitborer
LEPIDOPTERA: Pyralidae
Larva inside infested
greyish area
Larval tunnel made of
frass

5. Graphium agamemnon(Linnaeus)
LEPIDOPTERA: Papilionidae

6. INSECTS
OF
AVOCADO

7. HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA: Aleyrodidae
Polyphagous:
atis, avocado, banana,
breadfruit, chico,
duhat, guava, jackfruit,
guyabano, mabolo,
mango, mulberry,
papaya, rambutan; also
legumes, crucifers,
cucurbits, potato, sweet
potato, sugarcane,
tobacco, eggplant,
tomato
Aleurodicus dispersusRussell, spiralling
whitefly

8. Attacus caesar Maassen
LEPIDOPTERA: Saturniidae
L
5
L
6
cocoon
M
F

9. Attacus lorquini C & R Felder
LEPIDOPTERA: Saturniidae
L
5
L
6
cocoon
F
M
M

10. LEPIDOPTERA: Cossidae
Zeuzera coffeaeNietner
Red branch borer/carpenter moth
Host plants:
annona, avocado, cacao,
caimito, citrus, coffee,
durian, guava, jackfruit,
kapok, rambutan



11. INSECTS
OF
BANANA

12. Stephanitis typicus (Distant)
HEMIPTERA: Tingidae (lacebugs)
Host plants: abaca, annona, avocado, banana, coconut

13. Erionota thrax(Linnaeus)
Banana leafroller
LEPIDOPTERA: Hesperiidae (skippers)

14. COLEOPTERA: CURCULIONIDAE
Cosmopolites sordidus(Germar)
Banana weevil
Host range: banana, abaca

15. INSECTS
OF
CAIMITO

16. LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE
Fruit damage by larva of Alophia sp.
Alophia sp., caimito fruitworm

17. INSECTS OF
CHICO

18. Mealybugs (white) and scale insects
(brown) (Hemiptera: Coccoidea)
Eustalodes anthivora larva
and damage (Lepidoptera:
Gelechiidae), chico budworm

19. Alophia sp., chico fruitborer
LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE

20. INSECTS OF
CITRUS

21. Valanga nigricornis
(Burmeister)
Valanga locust
Melicodes
tenebrosa Walker
Citrus green locust
ORTHOPTERA: ACRIDIDAE

22. Melicodes tenebrosa Walker
Citrus green locust
ORTHOPTERA: Acrididae

23. Toxoptera citricida (Kirkaldy),
citrus black aphid, tended
by ant, Anoplolepis
HEMIPTERA: Aphididae
Coelophora
inaequalis
preying on
aphid

24. Diaphorina citri (Kuwayama)
Citrus jumping plant lice
HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA: Psyllidae
Forewing
5
th
instar nymph
More important as vector of citrus leaf mottling
disease (greening disease in India); only adults
transmit this disease caused by a mycoplasma-like
microorganism.

25. HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE
Rhynchocoris longirostris Stal, Citrus green soldier bug

26. Rhynchocoris longirostrisStal, nymphs of citrus green
shield bug
HEMIPTERA: PENTATOMIDAE

27. Menelaides rumanzovia (Eschscholtz)
LEPIDOPTERA: Papilionidae

28. LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONIDAE
Papilio alphenor ledebouria Eschsholtz

29. Papilio demoleus libaniusFruhstorfer
LEPIDOPTERA: Papilionidae

30. Pupa with egg
of parasitoid
Leafmine tunnels
LEPIDOPTERA: Gracillariidae
Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton
Citrus leafminer

31. Prays endolemmaDiakonoff
Citrus rindborer
Deformed fruit with small bumps or swellings
produced by greenish larvae with red transverse
bands
LEPIDOPTERA: Yponomeutidae

32. Undetermined limacodid
(parasitized)
Dasychira sp., tussock moth
LEPIDOPTERA moth larvae

33. Chrysodema dalmanni
Larvae bore
into old and
dying stems;
adults more
valuable as
collectors’
item
for insect
hobbyists
COLEOPTERA: BUPRESTIDAE
Host range: cacao, citrus
Chrysochroa fulminans

34. INSECTS OF
LANZONES

35. Planococcus lilacinus(Cockerell)
Cottony cushion mealybug
HEMIPTERA-HOMOPTERA:
Pseudococcidae
Host range:
annona, avocado, bamboo, cacao,
citrus, coffee, duhat, guava, kapok,
lanzones, mango, jackfruit,
rambutan, siniguelas; legumes,
okra, gabi

36. Prasinoxenasp., lanzones bark borer
LEPIDOPTERA: Galleriidae
Attacked by
Anoplolepis
Attacked by Odontomachus
Bark damage caused
by larva

37. INSECTS
OF
MANGO

38. Macrotermes gilvus Hagen, mound-building
termites
ISOPTERA: TERMITIDAE

39. Scirtothrips dorsalis (Giard)
Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard)
Mango thrips
THYSANOPTERA: THRIPIDAE

40. Aonidiella orientalis
(Newstead)
HEMIPTERA: DIASPIDIDAE

41. HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE
Idioscopus clypealis (Lethierry),
blossom leafhopper, on leaves and
inflorescence

42. Idioscopus niveosparsus (Lethierry)
on leaves and inflorescence
Bakera nigrobilineata (Melichar)
on leaves
HEMIPTERA: CICADELLIDAE

43. Helopeltis sp., mosquito fly
on shoots, young leaves, and fruits
HEMIPTERA: MIRIDAE

44. Monolepta bifasciata (Hornstedt)
(Corn silk beetle)
COLEOPTERA: Chrysomelidae
On young leaves, shoots,
and fruits

45. COLEOPTERA: Cerambycidae
Bark beetles
Niphonoclea capito PascoeNiphonoclea albata
Newman

46. Sternochetus frigidus (Fabr)
(mango pulp weevil)
COLEOPTERA: Curculionidae

47. mango pulp weevil damage
COLEOPTERA: Curculionidae

48. Chlumetia transversa (Walker), Mango tip borer
LEPIDOPTERA: Noctuidae

49. Nephopteryx sp.
Mango black borer
LEPIDOPTERA: Pyralidae

50. LEPIDOPTERA: PYRALIDAE
Noorda albizonalisHampson, mango seed
borer

51. Orthaga melanoperalis Hampson
(mango webworm)
LEPIDOPTERA: Pyralidae: Epipaschiinae

52. Bactrocera philippinensis Drew
& Hancock, mango fruitfly
DIPTERA: Tephritidae
Part of Bactrocera dorsalis species
complex

53. INSECTS
OF
RAMBUTAN

54. Tessaratoma longicorneDohrn, Rambutan bug
HEMIPTERA: TESSARATOMIDAE

55. Acrocucops cramerella(Snellen), Rambutan rind borer
LEPIDOPTERA: Gracillariidae

56. LEPIDOPTERA: Notodontidae
Neostauropus alternus(Walker)
lobster caterpillar
Host range: coffee, mango rambutan, tamarind, tea