important insect plant pests and their hosts in florida
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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida. Kirk W. Martin CBSP USDA-National Needs Fellow Graduate Student-University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM Apprentice-IPM Florida Denise D. Thomas D.P.M. University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM Florida. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida
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
Red Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta
Animal, Nuisance, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-6 mm Four instarsUp to 2 mm
0.2 mm x 0.3 mm
Fall Webworm - Hyphantria cunea
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-32 mm (Wingspan)
25-32 mm
Oleander Caterpillar - Syntomeida epilais
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
45-51 mm Up to 40 mm < 1 mm
Palm Leafskeletonizer - Homaledra sabalella
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
16 mm Up to 16 mm
Citrus Leafminer - Phyllocnistis citrella
Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm (Resting)
4 mm (Wingspan)
Up to 3 mm
Bean Leafroller - Urbanus proteus
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
50 mm (Wingspan)
Five instars2-30 mm
1.0 x 0.8 mm
Eastern Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma americanum
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-44 mm (Wingspan)
50-64 mm
Forest Tent Caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-45 mm 50-64 mm
Tussock Moth - Orgyia detrita
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm(Wingspan males)
12-14 mm (Wingless females)
25-38 mm
Tussock Moth - Orgyia leucostigma
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm (Wingspan males)12-14 mm long (Wingless
females)
32 mm
Armyworm - Pseudaletia unipuncta
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
4 cm Up to 3.5 cm 0.5 mm
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
Southern Armyworm - Spodoptera eridania
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
33-38 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 35 mm
0.5 mm
Beet Armyworm - Spodoptera exigua
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm (Wingspan)
Five instarsUp to 22 mm
Fall Armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda
Turf, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
32-40 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 34 mm
0.4 mm
Yellow Striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
34-41 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 35 mm
0.5 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
Velvetbean Caterpillar - Anticarsia gemmatalis
Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
30-38 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 48 mm
1-2 mm
Cabbage Palm Caterpillar - Litoprosopus futilis
Tree Pest
Adult Larva Egg
51 mm(Wingspan)
38 mm
Cabbage Looper - Trichoplusia ni
Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
33-38 mm (Wingspan)
30-40 mm 0.6 mm
Florida Fern Caterpillar - Callopistria floridensis
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
35-50 mm (Wingspan)
Four-Five instars
Up to 35 mm
0.5 mm
Azalea Caterpillar - Datana major
Ornamental Pest
Adult Larva Egg
45 mm Up to 10 mm
Imported Cabbageworm - Pieris rapae
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
45-65 mm (Wingspan)
Five instarsUp to 30 mm
0.5 mm x 1.0 mm
Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
6 mm Four instarsUp to 11 mm
0.44 x 0.26 mm
Cross-striped Cabbageworm - Evergestis rimosalis
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25 mm Four instarsUp to 17 mm
1.2 mm x 0.9 mm
Tropical Sod Webworm - Herpetogramma phaeopteralis
Turf Pest
Adult Larva Egg
19-25.4 mm (Wingspan)
Up to 25 mm
Lesser Cornstalk Borer - Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
17-22 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 16 mm
0.6 x 0.4 mm
Melonworm - Diaphania hyalinata
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2.5 cm Five instarsUp to 16 mm
0.7 x 0.6 mm
Pickleworm - Diaphania nitidalis
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 cm (Wingspan) Five instarsUp to 15 mm
0.4 mm x 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
Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sexta
Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
10 cm(Wingspan)
Five or six instarsUp to 8 cm
1.5 mm
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.