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Mature avocado trees at TREC

List of Avocado Pests

Common NameScientific NameImage
Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae  An adult avocado lace bug, a pest of avocado. 
Avocado Bud Mite  Tegolophus perseaflorae  Damage to a leaf. 
Diaprepes Root Weevil  Diaprepes abbreviatus  An adult Diaprepes. 
Ambrosia Beetles  Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Xyleborus volvulus
Thoeborus solitaricaps
Xyleborus glabratus
 
Ambrosia beetle: Thoeborus solitaricaps. 
Avocado Caterpillars  Epimeces detexta
Oxydia vesulia
Anacamptodes sp.
 
Larva of caterpillars, Oxydia vesulia. 
Avocado Thrips 

Flower thrips
Frankliniella kelliae
Frankliniella bispinosa


Red banded thrips
Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae)
 

An insect. 
Avocado Mirids  Daghbertus fasciatus
D. olivaceous
 
Mirid: Dagbertus fasciatus 
Avocado Scales  Coconut scale (Aspidiotus destructor)
Florida red scale (Chrysomphalus aonidum)
Coccus sp.
 
Scales on an avocado. 
Blue-Green Weevil  Pachnaeus litus  An adult blue green weevil, a pest of avocado. 
Avocado Red Mite  Oligonychus yothersi  Red mite, a pest of avocado. 
Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae  Persea mite, a pest of avocado. 

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