Insect Pests of Avocado

Crop: Persea americana

Coleoptera

• Trigonops sp

  Trigonops sp.

• Phytorus lineolatus

  Phytorus lineolatus

• Xyleborus fornicatus

  Xyleborus fornicatus

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

• Bactrocera cucurbitae

  Bactrocera cucurbitae

Tephritidae

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

Homoptera

• ===Coccidae===
• Ceroplastes floridensis

  Ceroplastes floridensis

• Coccus longulus
• Eucalymnatus tessellatus
• Aspidiotus spinosus
• Hemiberlesia palmae
• Hemiberlesia lataniae
• Aspidiotus destructor
• ===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

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

• Selenothrips rubricinctus

  Selenothrips rubricinctus

• redbanded thrips, Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) B=n Y=n T=n P=x? M=x