1. PEST OF PALMS

2. WHAT ARE PESTS?
any organisms that judge by humans as threats to them or to their interests
you should know:
species name
order and family
stage that cause damage
symptoms
the control methods

3. Oryctes rhinocerus Coleoptera:Scaeabaeidae
common name: rhiocerus beetle/kumbang
major pest of oil palm and coconut
damage caused by adults
eggs laid in rotting organic materials
adults conceal during day time,evening fly to palms

4. bores into crown of palms
feed on sap of soft tissue of developing shoots (pucuk)
symptoms: leaves emerge as typical fan-like-shaped (bentuk kipas)
control:
practise good sanitation (kebersihan),so no breeding sites
cover crops
manually removed the adults
3% granular carbofuran

6. Rhynchophorus schach kumbang belalai/kumbang gajah Curculionidae
damage caused by larvae
lay eggs in the shoots already damaged by kumbang badak
control:
good sanitation, no rhino. beetle, no red-stripe weevil

8. Metisa plana Moth: Psychidae ulat bungkus/bagworm damage: larvae
female wingless
young larvae built their own ‘bag’
larva tebuk daun atau kikis bahagian epidermis

9. control:
spray with trichlorphon
trunk injection

10. Darna trima Moth: Limacodidae nettle catterpillar damage: larvae
daun habis dimakan tinggal lidi
control:
guna virus
parasitoid: Apanteles sp.
spray cypermethrin