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Insects and Other Pests

Scientific Name Common Name Group
Aphis gossypii melon aphid APHIDS
Pentalonia nigronervosa banana aphid APHIDS
Adoretus sinicus Chinese rose beetle BEETLES
Cosmopolites sordidus banana root borer BEETLES
Lamenia caliginea a fulgorid planthopper BUGS
Siphanta acuta torpedo bug BUGS
Chrysodeixis eriosoma green garden looper CATERPILLARS
Hedylepta blackburni coconut leafroller CATERPILLARS
Othreis fullonia Pacific fruit-piercing moth CATERPILLARS
Pelopidas thrax banana skipper CATERPILLARS
Bactrocera dorsalis Oriental fruit fly FRUIT FLIES
Ceratitis capitata Mediterranean fruit fly FRUIT FLIES
Sophonia rufofascia two-spotted leafhopper LEAFHOPPERS
Planococcus citri citrus mealybug MEALYBUGS
* See Pseudococcus. jackbeardsleyi banana mealybug MEALYBUGS
Pseudococcus jackbeardsleyi Jack Beardsley mealybug MEALYBUGS
Dysmicoccus brevipes pineapple mealybug MEALYBUGS
Dysmicoccus neobrevipes gray pineapple mealybug MEALYBUGS
Phytonemus pallidus cyclamen mite MITES
Abgrallaspis cyanophylli an armored scale SCALES
Aspidiotus destructor coconut scale SCALES
Diaspis boisduvalii Boisduval scale SCALES
Pinnaspis buxi ti scale SCALES
Chaetanaphothrips orchidii anthurium thrips THRIPS
Elixothrips brevisetis banana rind thrips THRIPS
Hercinothrips femoralis banded greenhouse thrips THRIPS
Thrips hawaiiensis Hawaiian flower thrips THRIPS
Aleurodicus dispersus spiraling whitefly WHITEFLIES

Plant Disease Pathogens

Scientific Name Common Name Group
Ceratocystis Primer   FUNGI
Ceratocystis paradoxa (fruit rot, bleeding canker) FUNGI
Chaetothyrina musarum (sooty blotch) FUNGI
Colletotrichum Primer   FUNGI
Colletotrichum gloeosporioides (anthracnose) FUNGI
Colletotrichum musae (anthracnose) FUNGI
Cordana musae (leafspot) FUNGI
Criconemoides sphaerocephalum (ring nematode) NEMATODE
Criconemella sphaerocephala   NEMATODE
Cucumber mosaic virus   VIRUS
Curvularia sp. (leafspot) FUNGI
Deightoniella torulosa (eye spot) FUNGI
Drechslera gigantea (eye spot) FUNGI
Fusarium Primer   FUNGI
Fusarium oxysporum   FUNGI
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense (Panama disease, wilt) FUNGI
Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. vasinfectum   FUNGI
Fusarium subglutinans (heart rot, end rot of fruit) FUNGI
Fusarium sp.   FUNGI
Gloeosporium Primer   FUNGI
Gloeosporium sp.   FUNGI
Guignardia Primer   FUNGI
Guignardia musae   FUNGI
Helicotylenchus dihystera (spiral nematode) NEMATODE
Helicotylenchus multicinctus (spiral nematode) NEMATODE
Helminthosporium Primer   FUNGI
Helminthosporium sp. (fine speckle, leafspot) FUNGI
Hendersonia toruloides (leafspot) FUNGI
Hendersonula toruloidea   FUNGI
Hoplolaimus sp. (nematode) NEMATODE
Lasiodiplodia theobromae (fruit and stem rot) FUNGI
Marasmiellus semiustus (trunk and root rot) FUNGI
Meloidogyne Primer   NEMATODE
Meloidogyne incognita (root-knot nematode) NEMATODE
Meloidogyne sp. (root-knot nematode) NEMATODE
Mosaic virus   FUNGI
Mycosphaerella Primer   FUNGI
Mycosphaerella fijiensis   FUNGI
Mycosphaerella musae (speckle) FUNGI
Mycosphaerella musicola (leafspot) FUNGI
Penicillium sp.   FUNGI
Pestalotia leprogena (ring spot) FUNGI
Pestalotia sp.   FUNGI
Phoma Primer   FUNGI
Phoma jolyana   FUNGI
Phyllosticta Primer   FUNGI
Phyllosticta musae (leafspot) FUNGI
Phyllosticta musarum (freckle and black spot ) FUNGI
Phyllosticta musicola (leafspot) FUNGI
Pratylenchus coffeae (lesion nematode) NEMATODE
Pseudocercospora musae (Sigatoka disease, leafspot) FUNGI
Pythium Primer   FUNGI
Pythium aphanidermatum (root rot) FUNGI
Pythium arrhenomanes (root rot) FUNGI
Pythium sp. (root rot) FUNGI
Radopholus similis (burrowing nematode) NEMATODE
Radopholus sp.   NEMATODE
Rhizopus stolonifer (soft rot) FUNGI
Rotylenchulus reniformis (reniform nematode) NEMATODE
Rotylenchulus sp.   NEMATODE
Tylenchorhynchus sp. (stunt nematode) NEMATODE
Verticillium Primer   FUNGI
Verticillium theobromae (fruit rot) FUNGI
Zygosporium oscheoides   FUNGI

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