Important Insect Plant Pests and their Hosts in Florida Kirk W. Martin CBSP USDA-National Needs Fellow Graduate Student-University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM Apprentice-IPM Florida Denise D. Thomas D.P.M. University of Florida Plant Medicine Program and IPM Florida

Southern Chinch Bug - Blissus insularis Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 4 mm0.8 x 0.3 mm

Brown Stink Bug - Euschistus servus Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg mmFive instars Up to 10 mm 1.4 mm x 1.2 mm

Southern Green Stink Bug - Nezara viridula Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg mmFive instars Up to 10 mm 1.3 mm x 0.9 mm

Harlequin Bug - Murgantia histrionica Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 8-12 mmFive to six instars mm

Silverleaf Whitefly - Bemisia argentifolii or Bemisia tabaci Field Crop, Ornamental & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1 mmFour instars Up to 1 mm 0.2 mm

Citrus Whitefly - Dialeurodes citri Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg < 4.3 mm (Wingspan) 0.25 mm

Cloudywinged Whitefly - Singhiella citrifolii Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1 mmUp to 1 mm0.3 mm

FDACS/DPI Citrus Blackfly - Aleurocanthus woglumi Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1-2 mmUp to 1 mm

Green Peach Aphid - Myzus persicae Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2 mmFive instars0.6 mm x.3 mm

Cabbage Aphid - Brevicoryne brassicae Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2 mmFour instars0.7 mm x 0.2 mm

Melon Aphid - Aphis gossypii Ornamental, Field Crop, Vegetable & Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1-2 mmUp to 1 mmNone

Potato Aphid - Macrosiphum euphorbiae Ornamental & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-4 mmFour instars Up to 2 mm None

Brown Citrus Aphid - Toxoptera citricida Ornamental & Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 3 mmUp to 3 mmNone

Pink Hibiscus Mealybug - Maconellicoccus hirsutus Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-3 mm (Female)Three instars (Female) Two instars & Two pupal stages (Male) Up to 2 mm 0.4 mm x 0.2 mm

Papaya Mealybug - Paracoccus marginatus Fruit & Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg About 3 mm Females wingless Male winged Three instars

Longtailed Mealybug - Pseudococcus longispinus Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 3 mm (Body)

Asiatic Citrus Psyllid - Diaphorina citri Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 3-4 mmFive instars Up to 2 mm 0.3 mm

Cycad Aulacaspis Scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsui Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1-2 mm (Female) Up to 1 mm (Male)

Tea Scale - Fiorinia theae Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg Up to 2 mm

False Oleander Scale - Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-3 mm (Female) 1 mm (Male)

Citrus Snow Scale - Unaspis citri Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg Up to 2 mm (Female)

White Peach Scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona Fruit, Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-3 mm (Female) <1 mm (Male)

Green Scale - Coccus viridis Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 3 mm

Florida Wax Scale - Ceroplastes floridensis Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-4 mm

Hemispherical Scale - Saissetia coffeae Ornamental & Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-5 mm1 mm (Crawler) 0.7 mm

Pyriform Scale - Protopulvinaria pyriformis Ornamental & Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg Up to 3 mm

Cottony Cushion Scale - Icerya purchasi Fruit Pest AdultLarvaEgg 5 mm

Lobate Lac Scale - Paratachardina pseudolobata Ornamental & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg 1-2 mm

Leaf-footed Bug - Leptoglossus phyllopus Ornamental, Field Crop, Fruit & Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2-3 cm

Squash Bug - Anasa tristis Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg mmFive instars Up to 10 mm mm

Lantana Lace Bug - Teleonemia scrupulosa Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg 3-4 mmFive instars

Garden Fleahopper - Halticus bractatus Vegetable Pest AdultLarvaEgg 7 mm5 instars0.7 mm x 0.2 mm

Glassy-winged Sharpshooter - Homalodisca coagulata Fruit & Ornamental Pest AdultLarvaEgg 2 cm

Jadera Bug - Jadera haemataloma Nuisance & Tree Pest AdultLarvaEgg mm (Winged) 7-8 mm (Short-winged)

Two-lined Spittlebug - Prosapia bicincta Turf Pest AdultLarvaEgg 6 mmFour instars

Many thanks to those that contributed to this project Photographs by: – Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. Paul Choate, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. John Capinera, Chair, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. Norman Leppla, Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University - Dept., Bioagricultural Sciences and Pest Management, Bugwood.org – John Folz,, Emeritus Faculty, UF Entomology and Nematology Photographs by: – Dr. Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org – Tracy Conklin, UF Entomology and Nematology – Larry Williams, Okaloosa County Extension – Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org – Dr. James Castner, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. Wayne Dixon, Florida Division of Plant Industry – USDA Forest Service, Forest Health Protection, Southern Region

Many thanks to those that contributed to this project – Dr. Norman Leppla, Director-IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology – Dr. Jennifer Gillett-Kaufman, Associate Director IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology – Lyle Buss, UF Entomology and Nematology – Joyce Merritt, Publications Specialist, IPM Florida and Plant Medicine Program – Kevyn Juneau, Research Assistant IPM Florida, UF Entomology and Nematology Contributors:

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