|
Common Name |
Scientific Name |
Family |
Order |
|
Major pests |
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Shoot and fruit borer |
Earias vitella, E. insulana |
Noctuidae |
Lepidoptera |
|
Fruit borer |
Helicoverpa armigera |
Noctuidae |
Lepidoptera |
|
Jassids |
Amrasca bigutula bigutula |
Cicadellidae |
Hemiptera |
|
Leaf roller |
Sylepta derogata |
Pyraustidae |
Lepidoptera |
|
Semiloopers |
Anomis flava, Xanthodes graelsii, Tarache nitidula |
Noctuidae |
Lepidoptera |
|
Whitefly |
Bemisia tabaci |
Aleyrodidae |
Hemiptera |
|
Red spider mite |
Tetranychus telarius |
Tetranychidae |
Acari |
|
Stem weevil |
Pempherulus affinis |
Curculionidae |
Coleoptera |
|
Minor
pests |
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|
Shoot weevil |
Alcidodes affaber |
Curculionidae |
Coleoptera |
|
Pod fly |
Melanagromysa obtusa |
Agromyzidae |
Diptera |
|
Leaf weevil |
Myllocerus sp. |
Curculionidae |
Coleoptera |
|
Leaf miner |
Trachys herilla |
Buprestidae |
Coleoptera |
|
Grasshoppers |
Poecilocerus pictus, Oxya japonica |
Acrididae |
Orthoptera |
|
Aphid |
Aphis gossypii |
Aphididae |
Hemiptera |
|
Red cotton bug |
Dysdercus koenigii |
Pyrrhocoridae |
Hemiptera |
|
Dusky cotton bug |
Oxycarenus hyalinipennis |
Lygaeidae |
Hemiptera |
|
Mealy bug |
Ferrisia virgata |
Pseudococcidae |
Hemiptera |
|
Soft scale |
Saissetia coffeae, Parasaissetia
nigra |
Coccidae Diaspididae |
Hemiptera |
|
Chafer beetle |
Oxycetonia versicolor |
Cetonidae |
Coleoptera |
|
Blister beetle |
Mylabris pustulatus |
Meloidae |
Coleoptera |
