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Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm), have black heads and yellow-tan wings with a black line across the width Immature lace bugs are mostly black to black-brown January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch HDOA.PPC@HAWAII.GOV Eggs are covered with black feces and laid on the undersides of leaves Underside of leaf showing: Adults Eggs and feces

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Page 1: Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseaeJan 07, 2020  · Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacystaperseae A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii • Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm), have black heads and

Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae

A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii

• Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm),have black heads and yellow-tanwings with a black line across thewidth

• Immature lace bugs are mostlyblack to black-brown

January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch [email protected]

• Eggs are covered with black fecesand laid on the undersides ofleaves

• Underside of leaf showing:• Adults• Eggs and feces

Page 2: Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseaeJan 07, 2020  · Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacystaperseae A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii • Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm), have black heads and

Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae

A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii

January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch [email protected]

Top ofinfested avocado leaves

showing yellowing (chlorosis)

Bottom of avocado leaves

infested with

avocado lace bug

Feeding damage showing yellow

blotching (top of leaf)

Scorching damage, adults,

nymphs, eggs, and feces

(bottom of leaf)