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Keywords: insect pest list from cassava in Brazil, major pests: cassava hornworm Erinnyis ello, mites Mononychellus tanajoa, Tetranychus spp., lace bug Vatiga manihotae, stem borers, gall midges Schismatodiplosis sp., Schizomyia manihot, Jatrophobia brasiliensis, shoot flies Silba pendula, fruit flies Anastrepha pickeli, mealybugs Phenacoccus herreni, whiteflies Bemisia tabaci Bemisia gossiperda, Bemisia nigeriensis, Trialeurodes variabilis, Aleurothrixus sp., thrips Frankliniella williamsi, Corynothrips stenopterus, Scirtothrips manihoti, Caliothrips masculinos, Retithrips syriacus, Cephalothrips enustus scale insects Saissetia oleae, Hemiberlesia rapax, Aonidomytilus albus, Pinnaspis aspidistrae, Eurhizococcus brasiliensis, national cassava program