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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Vegetable 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
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Banded Cucumber Beetle - Diabrotica balteata
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva (instars) Egg
5-6 mm Up to 9 mm 0.6 mm x 0.4 mm
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Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
5 mm Five instars
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Pepper Weevil - Anthonomus eugenii
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva(instars)
Egg
2-3.5 mm Up to 5 mm 0.5 mm x 0.4 mm
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White-fringed Beetle - Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp.
Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
12 mm 12 mm(Pupa)
0.9 mm x 0.6 mm
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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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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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Cornsilk Fly - Euxesta stigmatias
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
4 mm Up to 5 mm 0.9 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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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
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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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Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
8-12 mm Five to six instars
1.3-1.4 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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Cabbage Aphid - Brevicoryne brassicae
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2 mm Four instars 0.7 mm x 0.2 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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Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus
Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2-3 cm
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Squash Bug - Anasa tristis
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
14-16 mm Five instarsUp to 10 mm
1.5-1.1 mm
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Garden Fleahopper - Halticus bractatus
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
7 mm 5 instars 0.7 mm x 0.2 mm
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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
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Bean Leafroller - Urbanus proteus
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
50 mm (Wingspan)
Five instars2-30 mm
1.0 x 0.8 mm
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Armyworm - Pseudaletia unipuncta
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
4 cm Up to 3.5 cm 0.5 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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Beet Armyworm - Spodoptera exigua
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25-30 mm (Wingspan)
Five instarsUp to 22 mm
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Fall Armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperda
Turf, Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
32-40 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 34 mm
0.4 mm
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Yellow Striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalli
Field Crop & Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
34-41 mm (Wingspan)
Six instarsUp to 35 mm
0.5 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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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
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Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
6 mm Four instarsUp to 11 mm
0.44 x 0.26 mm
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Cross-striped Cabbageworm - Evergestis rimosalis
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
25 mm Four instarsUp to 17 mm
1.2 mm x 0.9 mm
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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
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Melonworm - Diaphania hyalinata
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
2.5 cm Five instarsUp to 16 mm
0.7 x 0.6 mm
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Pickleworm - Diaphania nitidalis
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
3 cm (Wingspan) Five instarsUp to 15 mm
0.4 mm x 0.6 mm
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Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sexta
Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
10 cm(Wingspan)
Five or six instarsUp to 8 cm
1.5 mm
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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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Melon Thrips - Thrips palmi
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
Up to 1 mm
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Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosa
Fruit, Vegetable & Field Crop Pest
Adult Larva Egg
1 mm
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Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latus
Vegetable Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticae
Ornamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit Pest
Adult Larva Egg
minute
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Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersici
Vegetable 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.