Pests of Banana

Major pests

1.

Rhizome weevil

Cosmopolites sordidus

Curculionidae

Coleoptera

2.

Pseudostem borer

Odoiporus longicollis

Curculionidae

Coleoptera

3.

Banana aphid

Pentalonia nigronervosa

Aphididae

Hemiptera

4.

Lacewing bugs

Stephanitis typicus

Tingidae

Hemiptera

Minor pests

5.

Thrips

Helionothrips kadaliphilus, Thrips florum, Chaetanothrips signipennis

Thripidae

Thysanoptera

6.

Scale

Aspidiotus destructor

Diaspididae

Hemiptera

7.

Leaf feeder

Pericallia ricini

Arctiidae

Lepidoptera

8.

Tobacco caterpillar

Spodoptera litura

Noctuidae

Lepidoptera

9.

Bagworm

Kophene cuprea

Psychidae

Lepidoptera