Pest Feeding Habits
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Chewing Insects
Common Name Scientific Name Image Diaprepes Root Weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus 
Avocado Caterpillars Epimeces detexta
Oxydia vesulia
Anacamptodes sp.
Blue-Green Weevil Pachnaeus litus 
Avocado Red Mite Oligonychus yothersi 
Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae 
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Plant Sucking Insects
Common Name Scientific Name Image Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae 
Avocado Bud Mite Tegolophus perseaflorae 
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.
Avocado Red Mite Oligonychus yothersi Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae -
Stem Borers
Common Name Scientific Name Image Ambrosia Beetles Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Xyleborus volvulus
Thoeborus solitaricaps
Xyleborus glabratus
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Mites
Common Name Scientific Name Image Avocado Bud Mite Tegolophus perseaflorae Avocado Red Mite Oligonychus yothersi Persea Mite Oligonychus perseae