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Definition
| Family: Torricidae Mouthparts:chewing Crop: Grapes, Orchard Fruit Damage: Allows rot organisms to enter fruit Control: Cultural plow and disk, bury overwintering larvae Chemical: BT, Methomyl |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Cicadellidae
Mouthparts:Piercing sucking
Crop: Grapes
Damage: drain leaf cells, reduc photosynthsis
Control
cultural: wed removal before spring
chemical: Admire (Imidacloprid) |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Pseudococcidae
Mouthparts: Piercing sucking
Crop: Grapes
Damage: honeydew on bunches/sooty mold, transmit gape viruses
Control:
90% parasitism
Cultural: clean farm equipment
Chemical: Imidacloprid |
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Term
| Western Grape Leaf Skeletonizer |
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Definition
Family: Zygaenidae
Mouthaprts: Chewing
Crops: Grapes
Damage: Defoliate vines
Control
Bio: two parasitoids
Cultural
Chemical: BT, Methomyl |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Phylloxeridae
Mouthparts: Piercing Sucking
Crop: Grapes
Damage: Kill root system, leaf galls
Control:
Good root stock selection |
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Term
Glassy Winged Sharp Shooter
GWSS |
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Definition
Family: Cicadellidae
Mouthparts: piercing sucking
Crop: Grapes
Damage: large sap sucker, transmits Pierces Disease
Control
cultural: Quarentine
chemical: Imidacloprid |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Tetranychidae
Mouthparts: Piercing Sucking
Damage: Suck chlorophyll
Crops: Beans, Melonds, tomatoes
Control: predatory mites
Cultural: avoid stress
Chemical: Difocol |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Cicadellidae
Mouthparts: Piercing Sucking
Crops: Sugar Beet
Damage:
Vector Curly top virus
Control
Control weeds
Imidacloprid |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Aphidae
Mouthparts: piercing sucking
Crop: melons, squash
Damage: feed on young leaves, vector mosaic virus
Control:
several parasitic/predatious insects
Plant early
Imidacloprid |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Aphidae
Mouthparts: Piercing Sucking
Crop: Carrot, Spinach,
Damage: feeding damge, yellow downward curl, vectors 100+ virus
Control:
strict sanitation
Imidacloprid |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Noctuidae
Mouthparts: Chewing
Crop: Cotton
Damage: Destroys seedlings
Control: Reduce weeds, BT |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Curculiondae
Mouthparts: Chewing
Crop: Cotton
Damage: larvae bore into bolls, adults feed on squares
Control: cotton plowdown, Pimilin |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Gelechiidae
Mouthparts: Chewing
Crop: Tomato
Damage: caterpillar feeds on leaves, but attacks fruit
Control: Parasites, BT, Methomyl |
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Term
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Definition
Family: Aleyrodidae
Mouthparts: Piercing Sucking
Crop: Tomato
Damage: causes leaf curl, vector for virus
Control: Parasites, planting location, Imidacloprid |
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