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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Fruit Crops)
Kirk W. Martin CBSPUSDA-National Needs Fellow
Graduate Student-University of Florida Plant Medicine Program andIPM Apprentice-IPM Florida
Denise D. Thomas D.P.M.University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM
Florida
White-fringed Beetle - Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp.
Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
12 mm 12 mm(Pupa)
0.9 mm x 0.6 mm
White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp.
Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
17-21 mm Three instars 2.4 mm x 1.5 mm
Southern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus litus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
8-14 mm
Northern Blue-Green Citrus Root Weevil - Pachnaeus opalus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
8.4-14 mm
Little Leaf Notcher (Citrus Root Weevil) - Artipus floridanus
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5.1-6.4 mm
Diaprepes Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatus
Fruit, Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
9-15 mm 6-18 instarsUp to 20 mm
1.2 mm x 0.4 mm
Female
Female
Male
Caribbean Fruit Fly - Anastrepha suspensa
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5-8 mm (Female)5-6 mm (Male)
8-10 mm
Brown Stink Bug - Euschistus servus
Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
11-15 mm Five instarsUp to 10 mm
1.4 mm x 1.2 mm
Southern Green Stink Bug - Nezara viridula
Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
13-17 mm Five instarsUp to 10 mm
1.3 mm x 0.9 mm
Silverleaf Whitefly - Bemisia argentifolii or Bemisia tabaci
Field Crop, Ornamental & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1 mm Four instarsUp to 1 mm
0.2 mm
Citrus Whitefly - Dialeurodes citri
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
< 4.3 mm (Wingspan)
0.25 mm
Cloudywinged Whitefly - Singhiella citrifolii
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1 mm Up to 1 mm 0.3 mm
FDACS/DPI
Citrus Blackfly - Aleurocanthus woglumi
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm Up to 1 mm
Green Peach Aphid - Myzus persicae
Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm Five instars 0.6 mm x .3 mm
Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii
Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm Up to 1 mm None
Brown Citrus Aphid - Toxoptera citricida
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm Up to 3 mm None
Papaya Mealybug - Paracoccus marginatus
Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
About 3 mm Females wingless Male
winged
Three instars
Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm (Body)
Asiatic Citrus Psyllid - Diaphorina citri
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3-4 mm Five instarsUp to 2 mm
0.3 mm
Citrus Snow Scale - Unaspis citri
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 2 mm (Female)
White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female)
<1 mm (Male)
Hemispherical Scale - Saissetia coffeae
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-5 mm 1 mm (Crawler)
0.7 mm
Pyriform Scale - Protopulvinaria pyriformis
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 3 mm
Cottony Cushion Scale - Icerya purchasi
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5 mm
Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 cm
Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca coagulata
Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 cm
Citrus Leafminer - Phyllocnistis citrella
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm (Resting)
4 mm (Wingspan)
Up to 3 mm
Corn Earworm - Helicoverpa zea
Field Crop, Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
32-45 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 25 mm
0.5- 0.6 mm
Grape Root Borer - Vitacea polistiformis
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1.9 cm (Female length)1.5 cm (Male length)
38 mm
American Grasshopper - Schistocerca americana
Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
39-42 mm (Male)48-55 mm(Female)
Six instarsUp to 45 mm
7.0-8.0 mm
Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera (formerly R.
guttata) Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
6-8 cm
Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa
Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1 mm
Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
Citrus Rust Mite - Phyllocoptruta oleivora
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
Many thanks to those that contributed to this project
Photographs by:– Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Dr. Paul Choate, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Dr. John Capinera, Chair, UF Entomology
and Nematology– Dr. Norman Leppla, Director IPM Florida,
UF Entomology and Nematology– Dr. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State
University - Dept., Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management , Bugwood.org
– John Folz,, Emeritus Faculty, UF Entomology and Nematology
Photographs by:– Dr. Russ Ottens, University of Georgia,
Bugwood.org– Tracy Conklin, UF Entomology and
Nematology– Larry Williams, Okaloosa County
Extension – Natasha Wright, Florida Department of
Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org
– Dr. James Castner, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Dr. Wayne Dixon, Florida Division of Plant Industry
– USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Region
Many thanks to those that contributed to this project
– Dr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
– Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and Nematology– Joyce Merritt, Publications Specialist, IPM
Florida and Plant Medicine Program– Kevyn Juneau, Research Assistant IPM
Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology
Contributors:
References• Capinera, J.L., 2001 Handbook of Vegetable Pests. Academic Press: San Diego• Hodges, A., Hodges, G., Buss, L., Osborne, L., 2005 Mealybugs& Mealybug Look-Alikes of the
Southeastern United States• Stehr, F.W. 1987. Immature Insects. Volumes I and II. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company • C. Malcolm Beck and John Howard Garrett, 2005 Texas Bug Book
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Revised Edition. University of Texas Press: Austin, TX.• Short, D.E., Simone, G.W., Dunn, R.A. (Eds.), 2001 Commercial Ornamental Nursery Scouting
Manual. Department of Entomology and Nematology, Institute for Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida: Gainesville, FL.