Insect Pests of Banana

Banana, Musa

Coleoptera

Scarabaeidae

• Chinese rose beetle, Adoretus sinicus B=x M=x

Curculionidae

• weevil, Trigonops sp. B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
• banana root borer, Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) P=n M=x
• banana corm weevil, Polytus mellerborgi (Boheman) M=x

Hemiptera

Coreidae

• leaf-footed plant bug, Leptoglossus australis (F.) B=x P=x M=x

Homoptera

Pseudococcus

• citrus mealybug, Planococcus citri (Risso) B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x
• striped mealybug Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
• mealybug, Pseudococcus microadonidum Beardsley T=x P=x
• orchid mealybug, [[Pseudococcus orchidicola</I> Takahashi T=x K=x M=C

Diaspididae

• scale, Aspidiotus excisus Green B=x M=C
• black thread scale, Ischnaspis longirostris (Signoret) B=x M=G

Derbidae

• erect-winged blue plant hopper,Proutista moesta (Westwood) B=x P=n M=x
• derbid planthopper, Lamenia caliginea Stål B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x

Margarodidae

• Egyptian fluted scale, Icerya aegyptiaca (Douglas) B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x

boisduval scale (Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=x

hemispherical scale (Saissetia coffeae (Walker)) Homoptera: Coccidae B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x

dictyospermum scale (Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan)) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=x T=x M=x

tessellated scale (Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret)) Homoptera: Coccidae B=x Y=n T=x P=x K=x

grey pineapple mealybug (Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley) Homoptera: Pseudococcidae M=x

coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor Signoret) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x

<A HREF="i092.htm">green scale</A> (Coccus viridis (Green)) Homoptera: Coccidae B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=n M=x

brown soft scale (Coccus hesperidum L.) Homoptera: Coccidae B=x Y=x T=x M=x

steatococcus scale (Steatococcus samaraius Morrison) Homoptera: Margarodidae B=x Y=x M=G

latania scale (Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret)) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x

inornate scale (Aonidiella inornata Mackenzie) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=G

california red scale (Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell)) Homoptera: Diaspididae B=? T=? M=?

banana aphid (Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel) Homoptera: Aphididae B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=n M=x

<A HREF="i039.htm">cotton or melon aphid</A> (Aphis gossypii Glover) Homoptera: Aphididae B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x

<A HREF="i309.htm">rice cutworm</A> (Spodoptera litura (F.)) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae B=x Y=? T=x P=x K=? M=x

banana leafroller (Erionota thrax (L.)) Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae M=x

<A HREF="i132.htm">fruit piercing moth</A> (Eudocima (Othreis) fullonia (Clerck)) Lepidoptera: Noctuidae B=n P=n K=n M=x

large short-horn grasshopper (Valanga excavata Stål) Orthoptera: Acrididae M=x

javanese grasshopper (Valanga nigricornis (Burmeister)) Orthoptera: Acrididae B=x Y=x T=x

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