Insect Pests of Avocado

Crop: Persea americana

• Coleoptera
  • Curculionidae
    • weevil, Trigonops sp. B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x

• • Chrysomelidae
    • phytorus leaf beetle, Phytorus lineolatus (Weise) M=x

• • Scolytidae
    • tea shot-hole borer, Xyleborus fornicatus (Eichhoff) B=x Y=x P=x

• Diptera
  • Tephritidae
    • melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett) M=x

• Homoptera
  • Coccidae
    • Florida wax scale Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock B=x P=x M=x
    • long brown scale, Coccus longulus Douglas B=x M=x
    • tessellated scale, Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret)B=x Y=n T=x P=x K=x
  • Diaspididae
    • scale, Aspidiotus spinosus Comstock Y=x
    • palm scale, Hemiberlesia palmae (Cockerell)B=x Y=x T=Y P=x K=x M=x
    • latania scale, Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x
    • coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
  • Pseudococcidae
    • long-tailed mealybug, Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni-Tozzetti) T=?
  • Margarodidae
    • seychelles scale, Icerya seychellarum (Westwood) B=? Y=x
    • egyptian fluted scale, Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
• Thysanoptera
  • Thripidae
    • redbanded thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) B=n Y=n T=n P=x? M=x