polyphagous species feeding on plants of 14 families including crop species such a tomato, sweet pepper, lettuce, brassicas, cucumber, cut flowers…
Liriomyza bryoniae Tomato leaf miner General The tomato leaf miner (Liriomyza bryoniae) has many host plants and has caused crop damage in many parts…
often cuts one plant and quickly moves on to other plants and continues cutting. Therefore, relatively small populations of cutworms can destroy…
percentage of the larvae remain hanging on the leaf and pupate there, sometimes on the upper surface but more commonly on the underside. The late…
miner ( Liriomyza trifolii ) is highly polyphagous and thus lives on many host plants such as chrysanthemum, gerbera, gypsophila, celery, sweet…
large veins. On tomatoes, the tomato looper ( Chrysodeixis chalcites ) can completely defoliate young plants. Infestations on ornamental plants reduce…
05 mm in diameter and are laid on the underside of leaves, on leaf petioles, and on stems on the lower portion of plants. When newly laid they are…
oligophagous, feeding mainly on Solanaceae species . The main host is tomato but it also feeds on other solanaceous crop plants including potato,…
( Scatella tenuicosta) do not attack plants directly, as they feed on green algae. However, they can transmit plant diseases and can be a nuisance to…
Ephydridae (shore flies). The larvae of these insects generally live on rotting plant material and are mostly found in the soil. The spotted wing…
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