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Mature avocado trees at TREC

List of Avocado Pests

Common NameScientific NameImage
Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae   
Avocado Bud Mite  Tegolophus perseaflorae   
Diaprepes Root Weevil  Diaprepes abbreviatus   
Ambrosia Beetles  Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Xyleborus volvulus
Thoeborus solitaricaps
Xyleborus glabratus
 
 
Avocado Caterpillars  Epimeces detexta
Oxydia vesulia
Anacamptodes sp.
 
 
Avocado Thrips 

Flower thrips
Frankliniella kelliae
Frankliniella bispinosa


Red banded thrips
Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
 

 
Avocado Mirids  Daghbertus fasciatus
D. olivaceous
 
 
Avocado Scales  Coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor)
Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
Coccus sp.
 
 
Blue-Green Weevil  Pachnaeus litus   
Avocado Red Mite  Oligonychus yothersi   
Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae   

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