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
• grey pineapple mealybug, Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley M=x

Diaspididae

• scale, Aspidiotus excisus Green B=x M=C
• black thread scale, Ischnaspis longirostris (Signoret) B=x M=G
• Boisduval scale, Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret B=x
• dictyospermum scale, Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) B=x T=x M=x
• coconut scale, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
• latania scale, Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x
• inornate scale, Aonidiella inornata Mackenzie B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=G
• california red scale, Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) B=? T=? M=?

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
• steatococcus scale, Steatococcus samaraius Morrison B=x Y=x M=G

Coccidae

• hemispherical scale, Saissetia coffeae (Walker) B=x Y=x T=x P=x M=x
• tessellated scale, Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) B=x Y=n T=x P=x K=x
• green scale,Coccus viridis (Green) B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=n M=x
• brown soft scale, Coccus hesperidum L.B=x Y=x T=x M=x

Aphididae

• banana aphid, Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=n M=x
• cotton or melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover B=x Y=x T=x P=x K=x M=x

Lepidoptera

Noctudidae

• rice cutworm, Spodoptera litura (F.) B=x Y=? T=x P=x K=? M=x

Hesperiidae

• banana leafroller, Erionota thrax (L.) 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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