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Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida (Vegetable Crops)

Kirk W. Martin CBSPUSDA-National Needs FellowGraduate 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 balteataVegetable Pest

AdultLarva (instars)Egg5-6 mmUp to 9 mm0.6 mm x 0.4 mm2

Yellow-margined Leaf Beetle - Microtheca ochroloma Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg5 mmFive instars3

Pepper Weevil - Anthonomus eugenii Vegetable PestAdultLarva(instars)Egg2-3.5 mmUp to 5 mm0.5 mm x 0.4 mm4

White-fringed Beetle - Naupactus (=Graphognathus) spp. Fruit & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg12 mm12 mm(Pupa) 0.9 mm x 0.6 mm5

White Grubs - Phyllophaga spp. Vegetable, Fruit, Turf, Tree, Ornamental & Field Crop Pest

AdultLarvaEgg17-21 mmThree instars2.4 mm x 1.5 mm6

Diaprepes Root Weevil - Diaprepes abbreviatusFruit, Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg9-15 mm6-18 instarsUp to 20 mm1.2 mm x 0.4 mm7

American Serpentine Leafminer - Liriomyza trifolii Vegetable, Ornamental & Field Crop PestAdultLarvaEgg2 mmUp to 3 mm1.0 mm x 0.2 mm8

Cornsilk Fly - Euxesta stigmatias Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg4 mmUp to 5 mm0.9 mm x 0.2 mm9

Darkwinged Fungus Gnat - Bradysia spp. Ornamental & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg3 mmUp to 6 mm10

Brown Stink Bug - Euschistus servusField Crop, Fruit & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg11-15 mmFive instarsUp to 10 mm1.4 mm x 1.2 mm11

Southern Green Stink Bug - Nezara viridulaOrnamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg13-17 mmFive instarsUp to 10 mm1.3 mm x 0.9 mm12

Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionicaVegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg8-12 mmFive to six instars1.3-1.4 mm13

Silverleaf Whitefly - Bemisia argentifolii or Bemisia tabaciField Crop, Ornamental & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg1 mmFour instarsUp to 1 mm0.2 mm14

Green Peach Aphid - Myzus persicaeOrnamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit PestAdultLarvaEgg2 mmFive instars0.6 mm x .3 mm15

Cabbage Aphid - Brevicoryne brassicaeVegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg2 mmFour instars0.7 mm x 0.2 mm16

Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit PestAdultLarvaEgg1-2 mmUp to 1 mm None17

Potato Aphid - Macrosiphum euphorbiaeOrnamental & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg2-4 mmFour instarsUp to 2 mmNone18

Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg2-3 cm19

Squash Bug - Anasa tristisVegetable Pest

AdultLarvaEgg14-16 mmFive instarsUp to 10 mm1.5-1.1 mm20

Garden Fleahopper - Halticus bractatus Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg7 mm5 instars0.7 mm x 0.2 mm21

Red Imported Fire Ant - Solenopsis invicta Animal, Nuisance, Vegetable & Field Crop PestAdultLarvaEgg2-6 mmFour instarsUp to 2 mm0.2 mm x 0.3 mm22

Bean Leafroller - Urbanus proteusVegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg50 mm (Wingspan)Five instars2-30 mm1.0 x 0.8 mm23

Armyworm - Pseudaletia unipuncta Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg4 cmUp to 3.5 cm0.5 mm

Granulate Cutworm - Agrotis subterraneaOrnamental, Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg38-45 mm (Wingspan)Seven instarsUp to 37 mm0.6- 0.7 mm

Southern Armyworm - Spodoptera eridaniaOrnamental, Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg33-38 mm (Wingspan)Six instarsUp to 35 mm0.5 mm

Beet Armyworm - Spodoptera exigua Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg25-30 mm (Wingspan)Five instarsUp to 22 mm

Fall Armyworm - Spodoptera frugiperdaTurf, Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg32-40 mm (Wingspan)Six instarsUp to 34 mm0.4 mm

Yellow Striped Armyworm - Spodoptera ornithogalliField Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg34-41 mm (Wingspan)Six instarsUp to 35 mm0.5 mm

Cabbage Looper - Trichoplusia ni Ornamental, Field Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg33-38 mm (Wingspan)30-40 mm0.6 mm

Imported Cabbageworm - Pieris rapaeVegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg45-65 mm (Wingspan)Five instarsUp to 30 mm0.5 mm x 1.0 mm

Diamondback Moth - Plutella xylostella Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg6 mmFour instarsUp to 11 mm0.44 x 0.26 mm

Cross-striped Cabbageworm - Evergestis rimosalis Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg25 mmFour instarsUp to 17 mm1.2 mm x 0.9 mm

Lesser Cornstalk Borer - Elasmopalpus lignosellusField Crop & Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg17-22 mm (Wingspan)Six instarsUp to 16 mm0.6 x 0.4 mm

Melonworm - Diaphania hyalinataVegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg2.5 cmFive instarsUp to 16 mm0.7 x 0.6 mm

Pickleworm - Diaphania nitidalis Vegetable PestAdultLarvaEgg3 cm (Wingspan)Five instarsUp to 15 mm0.4 mm x 0.6 mm

Tobacco Hornworm - Manduca sextaVegetable & Field Crop PestAdultLarvaEgg10 cm(Wingspan)Five or six instarsUp to 8 cm1.5 mm

Western Flower Thrips - Frankliniella occidentalisOrnamental, Vegetable & Field Crop PestAdultLarvaEggUp to 2 mm0.25 mm

Melon Thrips - Thrips palmiVegetable PestAdultLarvaEggUp to 1 mm

Florida Flower Thrips - Frankliniella bispinosaFruit, Vegetable & Field Crop PestAdultLarvaEgg1 mm

Broad Mite - Polyphagotarsonemus latusVegetable PestAdultLarvaEggminute

Two-spotted Spider Mite - Tetranychus urticaeOrnamental, Vegetable, Field Crop & Fruit PestAdultLarvaEggminute

Tomato Russet Mite - Aculops lycopersiciVegetable PestAdultLarvaEggminuteMany thanks to those that contributed to this projectPhotographs by:Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. Paul Choate, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. John Capinera, Chair, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. Norman Leppla, Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University - Dept., Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management , Bugwood.orgJohn Folz,, Emeritus Faculty, UF Entomology and Nematology

Photographs by:Dr. Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.orgTracy Conklin, UF Entomology and NematologyLarry Williams, Okaloosa County Extension Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.orgDr. James Castner, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. Wayne Dixon, Florida Division of Plant IndustryUSDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Region

Many thanks to those that contributed to this projectDr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida, UF Entomology and NematologyDr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology

Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and NematologyJoyce Merritt, Publications Specialist, IPM Florida and Plant Medicine ProgramKevyn Juneau, Research Assistant IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology

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ReferencesCapinera, J.L., 2001 Handbook of Vegetable Pests. Academic Press: San DiegoHodges, A., Hodges, G., Buss, L., Osborne, L., 2005 Mealybugs& Mealybug Look-Alikes of the Southeastern United StatesStehr, F.W. 1987. Immature Insects. Volumes I and II. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company C. Malcolm Beck and John Howard Garrett, 2005 Texas Bug BookThe 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.