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