Annona Species Monograph.pdf - Crops for the Future
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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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