Tag: Adult

4.4.1 Spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe 1885)

4.4.1      Maize Pests / Spotted stemborer, Chilo partellus (Swinhoe 1885) Synonyms:    Argyria lutulentalis (Tams 1932)                         Chilo zonellus (Swinhoe 1884)                         Crambus zonellus (Swinhoe 1884) Taxonomic position:…
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4.4.2 Maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller 1901)

4.4.2     Maize Pests / Maize stalk borer, Busseola fusca (Fuller 1901) Synonyms: Sesamia fusca (Fuller 1901)                       Busseola…
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4.4.3 African pink stemborer, Sesamia calamistis (Hampson 1910)

4.4.3      Maize Pests / African pink stemborer, Sesamia calamistis (Hampson 1910) Synonyms: Sesamia mediastriga (Bethune-Baker 1911) Taxonomic position: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Noctuidae (Apameini) Authors: G. Ong’amo, N. Khadioli, B.…
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4.2.1 Sweetpotato weevil, Cylas puncticollis (Boheman 1883)

4.2.1 Sweetpotato Pests / Sweetpotato weevil, Cylas puncticollis (Boheman 1883)  Synonym: None Taxonomic position: Insecta, Coleoptera, Brentidae Authors: J.S. Okonya, N. Mujica, P. Carhuapoma, & J. Kroschel Common names African sweetpotato…
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4.2.2 Sweetpotato weevil, Cylas brunneus (Fabricius)

4.2.2 Sweetpotato Pests / Sweetpotato weevil, Cylas brunneus (Fabricius) Synonyms: Cylas angustatus (Labram and Imhoff 1838; Labrouise 1842; Pierce 1940; Marshall 1953)                       Brentus brunneus (Olivier 1790) Taxonomic position: Insecta, Coleoptera,…
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4.2.3 Sweetpotato butterfly, Acraea acerata (Hewitson 1874)

4.2.3 Sweetpotato Pests / Sweetpotato butterfly, Acraea acerata (Hewitson 1874) Synonyms: Actinote acerata (Hewitson 1874) Acraea vinidia (Hewitson 1874) Acraea tenella (Rogenhofer 1891) Telchinia tenella (Rogenhofer 1891) Acraea abbotti (Holland 1892) Acraea…
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4.2.4 Sweetpotato white fly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius 1989) (Biotype B)

  4.2.4 Sweetpotato Pests / Sweetpotato white fly, Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius 1989) (Biotype B) Synonyms: B. inconspicua (Quaintance 1900–Aleurodes) B. emiliae (Corbett 1926) B. signata (Bondar 1928) B. bahiana (Bondar 1928)…
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4.3.3 American serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess 1880)

4.3.3     Vegetable Pests / American serpentine leafminer, Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess 1880) Synonyms:    Liriomyza alliovora (Frick) Agromyza phaseolunata (Frost 1943) Liriomyza alliivora (Frick 1955) Liriomyza alliovora (Frick 1955)…
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4.3.4 Greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood 1956)

4.3.4     Vegetable Pests / Greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood 1956) Synonym: Aleyrodes vaporariorum (Westwood1856) Taxonomic position: Insecta: Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae Authors: H. Gamarra, P. Carhuapoma, N. Mujica, J. Kreuze,…
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