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Chapter 10. Agronomy<br />

10.3.7.1 Pests<br />

Major and minor insect pests attacking annonas are described by numerous<br />

authors (Melo et al., 1983; George et al., 1987; Bustillo and Peña, 1992;<br />

Oliveira et al., 1992; Torres and Sánchez, 1992; Agustín and Alviter, 1996;<br />

Junqueira et al., 1996; Pinto and Silva, 1994; Nakasone and Paull, 1998;<br />

Nava-Díaz et al., 2000) in many countries and ecological regions (Table 10-<br />

13) with different levels of economic damage and cost of management<br />

control.<br />

Table 10-13. Major and selected minor insect pests of <strong>Annona</strong> species<br />

Common Name Specific Name Affected Plant Country/Region<br />

Parts<br />

Major Insect Pests<br />

<strong>Annona</strong> moth Cerconota anonella Seeds and fruits Universal<br />

Cherimoya seed Talponia batesi Seeds and fruits Mexico, Peru, Spain<br />

borer<br />

Atis moth borer Anonaepestis bengalella Fruits Philippines<br />

Wasps (wasp) Bephratelloides<br />

maculicollis and<br />

B. cubensis<br />

Seeds and fruits Several<br />

countries/regions<br />

Borers (trunk<br />

borer)<br />

Flies (fruit flies)<br />

Mealy bugs<br />

Cratosomus bombina,<br />

Heilipus catagraphus<br />

Anastrepha obliqua,<br />

A. ludens, Ceratitis<br />

capitata, Bactrocera<br />

dorsalis and B. tryoni<br />

Planacoccus citri,<br />

Dysmicoccus spp., Ferrisia<br />

virgata,<br />

P. pacificus (India)<br />

Trunk and<br />

branches, base<br />

of <strong>the</strong> trunk<br />

Fruits<br />

Fruits and<br />

leaves<br />

Scale insects Several genera and species Leavesand<br />

stems<br />

Spider mites Several genera and species Leaves and<br />

flowers<br />

Minor insect pests<br />

Leaf hopper<br />

Empoasca fabae,<br />

Membracis foliata,<br />

Aethalion spp.<br />

Leaves and<br />

stems<br />

Thecla moths Oenomaus ortygnus Flowers and<br />

fruits<br />

Aphids<br />

Aphis gossypii and Leaves and<br />

Toxoptera aurantii shoots<br />

Hemipterous Leptoglossus zonatus and<br />

insects<br />

Antiteuchus tripterus<br />

Fruit spotting<br />

bug<br />

Mexico, Brazil<br />

Peru, Mexico.<br />

Colombia, Ecuador,<br />

Spain, Peru, Australia,<br />

New Zealand<br />

Several<br />

countries/regions<br />

Several<br />

countries/regions<br />

Several<br />

countries/regions<br />

Amblypelta nitida Young fruits Australia<br />

Brazil, Colombia,<br />

Venezuela, American<br />

tropics<br />

American tropics,<br />

Brazil<br />

USA, Colombia, Peru,<br />

Brazil and Venezuela<br />

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