Major Insects Pest of Rice
Common Name: Apple Snail (Golden Apple Snail, Channeled Apple
Snail)
Scientific Name: Pomacea canaliculata
Brief Description of Damage: The golden apple snail eats young and
emerging riceplants and can completely destroy a crop during crop
establishment.
Control: The golden apple snail can be managed through
biological,cultural, and chemical controls. One biological control is introducing ants that feed on the snail
eggs and ducks that eat the young snails.
Common Name: Black bug
Scientific Name: Proxys punctulatus
Brief Description of Damage: Browning of leaves or dead heart or
bugburn.
Control: Insecticide endosulfan 35EC 0.20% whorl application.
Common Name: Rice stink bug
Scientific Name: Oebalus pugnax
Brief Description of Damage: Rice stink bug adults migrate from wild
grasses to sorghum and rice when plants begins to develop kernels or
develop in and around fields on wild host plants. Wild host plants
include barnyard grass and sedge (Cyperus sp.).
Control: Insecticide application for control of stink bugs in many crops
is often warranted.
Major Insects Pest of Corn
Common Name: Corn Leafhoppers
Scientific Name: Dalbulus maidis
Brief Description of Damage: Corn leafhopper causes damage in two
ways. First, leafhoppers directly feed on the plant, sucking out juices.
Heavy populations can cause the leaves to dry; also, both the adults and
nymphs produce sticky honeydew while they feed, which gets on the
corn leaves.
Control: Due to the variable regulations around (de-registration of
pesticides, we are for the moment not including any specific chemical
control recommendations.
Common Name: Lesser cornstalk borer
Scientific Name: Elasmopalpus lignosellus
Brief Description of Damage: Damage can be slight, or it can kill the
plant. Damage is most prevalent during drought conditions in crops
grown on sandy soil.
Control: Cultural practices, such as clean cultivation and weed
destruction along fence rows, have long been recommended for lesser
cornstalk borer control.
Common Name: Corn leaf aphid
Scientific Name: Rhopalosiphum maidis
Brief Description of Damage: Corn leaf aphid infestations usually start in
the plant whorl. Heavy infestations may curl leaves and stunt the plant.
Heavy amounts of sooty mold may be more damaging to silage corn than to
corn for grain.
Control: Chemical control, this pest is easily controlled by contact or
systemic insecticides.
Major Insects Pest of Mango
Common Name: Leaf gall midge
Scientific Name: Procantarinia sp.
Brief Description of Damage: The damage of cecid fly is
usually associated with galling of young leaves, infested fruits
produce circular, brown to black, scab-like spots randomly
distributed on the fruit surface.
Control: Young leaves are very attractive for egg laying.
Spraying Sevin, Decis, Karate, and Stingray (3 to 4 tbsp per 16
L of water) will minimize damage. Spray insecticides in the
afternoon, preferably 5:00 to 6:00 pm.
Common Name: Mango weevil
Scientific Name: Cryptorhynchus mangiferae
Brief Description of Damage: Mango weevil does not
damage to the fruit but when larvae penetrate the flesh,
secondary microbial attack make the fruit to be rotten.
Control: Chemical sprays used to control other mango pests
can also control seed weevil.
Common Name: Blossom leafhopper, Mango leafhopper
Scientific Name: Idioscopus clypealis
Brief Description of Damage : Nymphs and adults damage the
flowers by piercing the tissues and sucking the plant sap which
causes withering, drying and falling of individual flowers.
Control: Spray insecticide directed to the nymphal stages
rather than the adults, hence, detection of this stage is
important.
Major Insects Pest of Durian
Common Name: Durian Mealybugs
Scientific Name: Two species of mealybugs are identified as
pests of Durian: Planococcus lilacinus
Brief Description of Damage:Mealybugs suck juices from
flower branches, young fruits and mature fruits
Control: Conserve the natural enemies of mealybugs by
avoiding the use of pesticides.
Common Name: Durian fruit borer
Scientific Name: Conogethes punctiferalis
Brief Description of Damage: Infection of fruits can often
be recognized by the faeces of caterpillars that can be seen on
the outside of the fruits.
Control: Light trapping to reduce adult population and
remove and burn or bury infested and fallen fruits.
Common Name: Shothole Borer
Scientific Name: Scolytus rugulosus
Brief Description of Damage: The adults damage trees by
drilling small, round holes in the bark as they enter and exit.
Control: Keep trees as vigorous as possible by utilizing an
organic fertilizing program. White wash the lower trunk and
branches to discourage egg laying. Prune and burn during
the winter any limbs with shot holes.
Major Insects Pest of Pumelo
Common Name: Leaf-footed bug
Scientific Name: Leptoglossu species
Brief Description of Damage: May cause the fruit be deformed or
drop.
Control: Apply chemical control if insect populations are high
- Cypermethrin (Ammo®, Cymbush®)
- esfenvalerate (Asana®)
- carbaryl (Sevin®) applied for other pests may also control stink
bugs and leaffooted bug.
Common Name: Brown marmorated stink bug
Scientific Name: Halyomorpha halys
Brief Description of Damage: Stink bugs use these mouthparts in
a straw-like fashion by piercing the fruit. Small necrotic spots on
fruit and leaf surfaces often result from feeding damage, and it
may be compounded by secondary infections and scarring as the
fruit matures.
Control: The use of insecticides has very short-lived effect and
there is evidence of resistance development.
Common Name: Green stink bug
Scientific Name: Nezara viridula
Brief Description of Damage: The damage on fruit from the
punctures is hard brownish or black spots. These punctures affect
the fruit's edible qualities and decidedly lower its market value.
Control: Chemical control the use of trap crops is not a widely
accepted idea for control of the southern green stink bug, but it has
excellent potential as a type of control.
Major Insects Pest of Banana
Common Name: Banana Mealybugs
Scientific Name: Phenacoccus ssp.
Brief Description of Damage: Mealybugs damage plants by
sucking sap from roots, tender leaves, petioles and fruit.
Control: When necessary, spray with soapy solutions (1 to
2%) or insecticidal soaps. Spraying with a soap and water
solution is reported to control mealybugs. Whenever
possible, spray only infested plants (spot spraying).
Common Name: Banana aphid
Scientific Name: Pentalonia nigronervosa
Brief Description of Damage: Their feeding may cause
rolling, twisting or bending of leaves. Heavily attacked
leaves can turn yellow and eventually wilt.
Control: Spray only if aphid problem is severe. Avoid
regular spraying as this will remove beneficial insects and
may induce other pest problems.
Common Name: Banana-root Borer
Scientific Name: Cosmopolites sordidus
Brief Description of Damage : Extensive feeding damage by
grubs results in root destruction, slowed plant growth,
reduced fruit production, and, sometimes, toppled plants.
Control:Effective control was obtained by spraying the bases
of plants and surrounding soil to a radius of 30 cm in spring
and autumn with pirimiphos-ethyl and chlorpyrifos emulsions
at 2.24 kg active ingredient ha-1 per application.
Major Insects Pest of Coconut
Common Name: Coconut leaf beetle
Scientific Name: Brontispa longissima
Brief Description of Damage: This beetle causes extreme damage
in the coconut palm tree. Both the larvae and adult beetles eat the
soft tissue of the young leaves, which are located in the throat of the
palm tree.
Control: Trunk injection and spraying of insecticides are
implemented by PCA to fast rack the mitigation of infestation and
spread of the pest and allow recovery of damaged trees.
Common Name: Rhinocerus Beetle
Scientific Name: Xyloryctes jamaicensis
Brief Description of Damage: Coconut rhinoceros beetle adults
damage palms by boring into the center of the crown, where they
injure the young, growing tissues and feed on the exuded sap.
Control: Various methods are practiced to control the
rhinoceros beetle which includes releasing of
Oryctes Baculovirus (originally discovered in
Malaysia) which multiplies in the larval fat body
and intestinal epithelium of larvae and adults.
Common Name: Red Palm Weevil
Scientific Name: Rhynchophorus furrugineus
Brief Description of Damage: Red palm weevil is one of the most
destructive pests of coconut, oil palms and ornamental palms. The
grubs cause damage inside the stem or crown by feeding on soft
tissues and often cause severe damage especially when a large
number of them bore into the soft, growing parts.
Control: Chemical Control
A- Preventive.
B- Curative.
Common Name: Slender amaranth
Scientific Name: Amaranthus viridis
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth Name: Upland
Common Name: Sensitive plant
Scientific Name: Mimosa pudica
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Jungle rice
Scientific Name: Echinochloa colona
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: False daisy
Scientific Name: Eclipta prostrata
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Red sprangletop
Scientific Name: Leptochloa chinensis
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Small flower umbrella
Scientific Name: Cyperus difformis
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Lesser fimbristylis
Scientific Name : Fimbristylis miliacea
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Horse purslane
Scientific Name: Trianthema postulactrum
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Saramolla grass
Scientific Name: Ischaemum rugosum
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: Rice flatsedge
Scientific Name: Cyperus iria
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
Common Name: knot grass
Scientific Name: Paspalum distichum
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Lowland
Common Name: Goose weed
Scientific Name: Sphenoclea zeylanica
Habitat: Aquatic
Growth habit: Lowland
Common Name: Barnyard grass
Scientific Name: Echinochloa crusgalli
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth Name: Lowland
Common Name: Bulrush
Scientific Name: Scirpus maritimus
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Lowland
Common Name: Rice flatsedge
Scientific Name: Cyperus iria
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Lowland
Common Name: Fimbristyllis
Scientific Name: Fimbristyllis littorallis
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth Habit: Lowland
Common Name: Jungle rice
Scientific Name: Echinochloa colona
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Lowland
Common Name: Water lettuce
Scientific Name: Pistia stratiotes
Habitat:Aquatic
Growth Habit: Lowland
Common Name :Garden spruge
Scientific Name: Euphorbia hirta
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth Habit: Upland
Common Name: Little iron weed
Scientific Name: Vernonia cinerea
Habitat: Terrestrial
Growth habit: Upland
