Insect Pests of Avocado

Crop: Persea americana

Coleoptera

• Trigonops sp

  Trigonops sp.

• Phytorus lineolatus

  Phytorus lineolatus

• 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==
• ===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