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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Ornamentals)
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
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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
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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
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Mexican Bromeliad Weevil - Metamasius callizona
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
11-16 mm Five instarsUp to 20 mm
2 mm x 1 mm
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Asian Grey Weevil - Myllocerus undecimpustulatus undatus
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
7-8 mm
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Palmetto Weevil - Rhynchophorus cruentatus
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
19-30 cm
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American Serpentine Leafminer - Liriomyza trifolii
Vegetable, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm Up to 3 mm 1.0 mm x 0.2 mm
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Darkwinged Fungus Gnat - Bradysia spp.
Ornamental & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm Up to 6 mm
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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
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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
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Green Peach Aphid - Myzus persicae
Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm Five instars 0.6 mm x .3 mm
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Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii
Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm Up to 1 mm None
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Potato Aphid - Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Ornamental & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-4 mm Four instarsUp to 2 mm
None
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Brown Citrus Aphid - Toxoptera citricida
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm Up to 3 mm None
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Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female) Three instars (Female)
Two instars & Two pupal stages
(Male)Up to 2 mm
0.4 mm x 0.2 mm
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Papaya Mealybug - Paracoccus marginatus
Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
About 3 mm Females wingless Male
winged
Three instars
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Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm (Body)
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Cycad Aulacaspis Scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsui
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm (Female)
Up to 1 mm (Male)
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Tea Scale - Fiorinia theae
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 2 mm
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False Oleander Scale - Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female)
1 mm (Male)
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White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 mm (Female)
<1 mm (Male)
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Green Scale - Coccus viridis
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 mm
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Florida Wax Scale - Ceroplastes floridensis
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-4 mm
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Hemispherical Scale - Saissetia coffeae
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-5 mm 1 mm (Crawler)
0.7 mm
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Pyriform Scale - Protopulvinaria pyriformis
Ornamental & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 3 mm
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Lobate Lac Scale - Paratachardina pseudolobata
Ornamental & Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1-2 mm
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Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 cm
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Lantana Lace Bug - Teleonemia scrupulosa
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3-4 mm Five instars
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Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca coagulata
Fruit & Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 cm
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Oleander Caterpillar - Syntomeida epilais
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
45-51 mm Up to 40 mm < 1 mm
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Granulate Cutworm - Agrotis subterranea
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
38-45 mm (Wingspan)
Seven instarsUp to 37 mm
0.6- 0.7 mm
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Southern Armyworm - Spodoptera eridania
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
33-38 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 35 mm
0.5 mm
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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
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Cabbage Looper - Trichoplusia ni
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
33-38 mm (Wingspan)
30-40 mm 0.6 mm
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Florida Fern Caterpillar - Callopistria floridensis
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
35-50 mm (Wingspan)
Four-Five instars
Up to 35 mm
0.5 mm
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Azalea Caterpillar - Datana major
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
45 mm Up to 10 mm
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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
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Eastern Lubber Grasshopper - Romalea microptera (formerly R.
guttata) Fruit, Tree & Ornamental
Adult Larva Egg
6-8 cm
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Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalis
Ornamental, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 2 mm 0.25 mm
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Cuban Laurel Thrips - Gynaikothrips ficorum
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3-4 mm
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Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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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
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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:
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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.