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Keywords: Field pests: red-banded thrips Selenothrips rubrocinctus, black citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii, yellow cacao aphid Macrosiphum martorelli, green peach aphid Myzus persicae, citrus mealybug coconut mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae, citrus mealybug Planococcus citri, trilobite scale Pseudaonidia trilobitiformis, cacao pod miner Marmara isorta [Gracillariidae], cacao leaf tier Sylepta prorogata, white grubs Phyllophaga spp., cacao worm Hemeroblemma rengus [Lepidoptera, Erebidae]

Vertebrate pests: Hispaniolan woodpecker Melanerpes striatus, roof rat Rattus rattus