the largest of all lepidopteran families. Most adults of this family are nocturnal. The caterpillars mostly pupate in the ground. Another family…
pests. The leaf miner species that cause damage in horticultural crops are mostly polyphagous; that is, they feed on many crops. However, this is not…
horticulture. The Western flower thrips ( Frankliniella occidentalis ) is the most damaging species. Thrips form the order Thysanoptera, a name that…
scales) or with waxy threads (mealybugs). They suck the sap of plants and are mostly host plant specific. Apart from the damage they cause by sucking…
aphids and scale insects, they belong to the division Sternorrhyncha. The most common species are the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum ,…
extracting nutrients from them, resulting in deformations and puncture holes. The most obvious damage is the deformation of growing points. They also…
instar before reaching the adult stage. Larvae have biting mouthparts and mostly feed on the same food as the adults. The pupae do not make a cocoon…
larvae of these insects generally live on rotting plant material and are mostly found in the soil. The spotted wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii ,…
aphids include: Green peach aphid ( Myzus persicae ): This is one of the most common and widely distributed species of aphids, and it feeds on a wide…
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