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Greenhouse thrips
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalisGreenhouse thrips, Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis, is a small dark thrips that feeds mainly on mature leaves, especially in greenhouses and warm U.S. landscapes. Infested foliage…
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Old World Bollworm
Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner)Old World bollworm, Helicoverpa armigera, is a highly polyphagous caterpillar pest that attacks flowers, fruits, pods, ears and developing seeds. It resembles the native…
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Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Halyomorpha halysThe brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys, is an invasive, highly polyphagous piercing-sucking pest of fruit trees, vegetables, field crops, ornamentals and landscape plants…
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European Mole Cricket
Gryllotalpa gryllotalpaThe European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, is a burrowing, mostly nocturnal insect that can injure seedlings, vegetable crops, potatoes, ornamental plants and turf by…
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Oriental Fruit Moth
Grapholita molestaThe oriental fruit moth, Grapholita molesta, is a tortricid moth whose larvae attack young shoots first and later tunnel into ripening fruit or, less…
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Golden nematode
Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Mulvey & StoneGolden nematode, Globodera rostochiensis, is a soil-dwelling quarantine pest of potato and other susceptible solanaceous plants. Feeding on roots can produce stunting, yellowing, wilting…
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Pale potato cyst nematode
Globodera pallidaGlobodera pallida is a regulated, soil-borne nematode pest of potato and other solanaceous hosts. It attacks roots, causing patchy poor growth, chlorosis, wilting during…
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Nyugati virágtripsz
Frankliniella occidentalisA Frankliniella occidentalis, vagyis a nyugati virágtripsz apró, sok tápnövényen előforduló szívó-rágó kártevő. Főként virágokban, zsenge levelekben és hajtáscsúcsokban táplálkozik, ahol ezüstös hegesedést, barnuló…
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Pearleaf Blister Mite
Eriophyes pyri PagenstecherPearleaf blister mite is a microscopic eriophyid mite that feeds beneath pear bud scales and inside developing leaves. Feeding produces raised pink, yellow-green, brown,…
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Smaller green leafhopper
Empoasca vitisThe smaller green leafhopper, Empoasca vitis, is a sap-feeding leafhopper associated especially with grapevines in European vineyards. Nymphs and adults feed on the undersides…
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Rosy Apple Aphid
Dysaphis plantagineaRosy apple aphid, Dysaphis plantaginea, is a host-alternating aphid that attacks apple in spring, causing tightly curled leaves, distorted shoots, and misshapen fruit. Winged…
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Spotted-wing drosophila
Drosophila suzukii MatsumuraSpotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii, is an invasive fruit-fly pest of ripening soft-skinned fruit in the United States. Unlike common vinegar flies, females can pierce…
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