Insect Pest Management
ENT 4254
Department of Entomology
Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA 24061-0319
Updated 24
January 2017
Important pests covered in Arthropod Pest
Management
Acari
Eriophyidae
Tetranychidae
Coleoptera
Bruchidcae
Buprestidae
Cerambycidae
Chysomelidae
- Acalymma
vittatum (striped
cucumber beetle), cucurbits (bacterial
wilt) (Kentucky
site)
- Certoma trifurcata (bean
leaf beetle), beans (images
from Iowa State)
- Diabrotica
barberi (northern
corn rootworm), corn
- **Diabrotica
undecimpunctata (southern
corn rootworm, spotted cucumber beetle), corn, cucurbits (bacterial
wilt), peanuts **
- **Diabrotica
virgifera virgifera (western
corn rootworm), corn (PSU
site) **
- **Leptinotarsa decemlineata
(Say) (Colorado
potato beetle), potato
- Oulema
melanopus (cereal
leaf beetle), small grains **
Coccinellidae
Cucujidae
Curculionidae
- **Anthonomus grandis
(Boheman) (boll
weevil), cotton **
- **Anthonomus signatus
Say (strawberry
bud
weevil, clipper), strawberry, brambles
- **Conotrachelus nenuphar
(Herbst) (plum
curculio), stone
fruits, pome fruits, blueberry **
- **Hypera postica
(alfalfa
weevil), alfalfa, some other legumes **
- Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice
water
weevil), rice **
- Otiorhynchus ovatus L. (strawberry
root
weevil), strawberry
- Sitophilus spp.
(grain
weevils), stored grain
- Subfamily Scolytinae (bark beetles) **
Elateridae
- **wireworms
(several genera), potato, peanut, wheat
Scarabaeidae
- Anomala orientalis,
(oriental beetle), turf,
- Ataenius spretulus,
(black turf ataenius), turf,
- Cotinus nitida,
(green June beetle), turf,
small
fruits,
- Cyclocephala spp.
(masked
chafers),
turf,
- Maladera castaneum,
(Asiatic garden beetle), turf,
- Phyllophaga spp,
(May
or June beetles), turf,
- **Popillia japonica
Newman (Japanese
beetle), stone
fruits, pome fruits, grape,
turf, ornamentals **
Tenebrionidae
Diptera
Calliphoridae
Cecidomyiidae
- **Mayetiola destructor (Say)
(Hessian
fly), wheat, rye, barley **
Chironomidae
- rice
seed midges, (Cricotopus
sylvestris, Paralauterborniella subcincta, Paratanytarsus
spp.), rice
Drosophilidae
Ephydridae
Psilidae
Tephritidae
Hemiptera - Heteroptera
Coreidae
Miridae
- **Lygus
lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (tarnished
plant bug), soybean, apple,
peach **
Pentatomidae
Hemiptera - Homoptera
Aphididae
- Acyrthosiphon pisum
(Harris) (pea
aphid), peas, sweet clover, alfalfa, and some
leguminous weeds
- Aphis gossypii Glover (melon aphid or cotton
aphid), cucurbits
- **Aphis spiraecola
Patch, A. pomi
DeGeer (spirea
and apple aphids), apple, various **
- **Dysaphis plantaginea
(Passerini) (rosy
apple aphid), apple **
- Eriosoma lanigerum
(Hausmann) (woolly
apple aphid), apple **
- Macrosiphum avenae (English
grain aphid), small grains
- **Myzus persicae
(Sulzer) (green
peach aphid), stone
fruits, vegetable, tobacco **
- Rhoplaosiphum fitchii
(Sanderson) (apple
grain aphid), apple, grains
- Rhopalospihum
maidis (corn
leaf aphid), corn, small grains
- Rhopalosiphum
padi (oat
bird-cherry aphid), small grains
- **Shizaphis graminum
(greenbug),
small
grains **
- Therioaphis
maculata (Buckton) (spotted
alfalfa aphid), alfalfa
Cicadellidae
Diaspididae
- Quadrispidiouts perniciosus
(Comstock) (San
Jose scale), pome and stone fruits **
Phylloxeridae
Pseudococcidae
Psyllidae
Hymenoptera
Apidae - Xylocopinae
Formicidae
Tenthridinidae
Isoptera
Rhinotermitidae
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Gelechiidae
Gracillariidae
Noctuidae
- **Agrotis ipsilon
(Hufnagel) (black
cutworm), many others
- **Helicoverpa zea
(Boddie) (corn
earworm, cotton
bollworm, tomato
fruitworm, soybean
podworm), corn, cotton, tomato, soybean, tobacco,
others **
- **Heliothis
virescens (Fabr.) (tobacco
budworm), tobacco **
- **Mythimna (formerly
Pseudaletia) unipuncta (Haworth) (armyworm),
corn,
small
grains, rice **
- Spodoptera frugiperda
(J. E. Smith) (fall
armyworm), corn, many others
- **Trichoplusia ni
(Hubner) (cabbage
looper), cole crops
Phycitidae
(Phycitinae
in Pyralidae)
Pieridae
**Artogeia
rapae
(L.) [Pieris rapae (L.) (imported
cabbageworm), cole crops
Plutellidae
Pyralidae
Sesiidae
Sphingidae
- **Manduca sexta (tobacco
hornworm), tobacco, tomato **
- Manduca quinquemaculata
(tomato
hornworm), tobacco, tomato **
Tortricidae
- Argyrotaenia velutinana
(redbanded
leafroller), apple, peach
- **Cydia pomonella (L.)
(codling
moth), pome fruits **
- **Paralobesia viteana
Clemens (grape
berry moth), grape **
- **Grapholita molesta
(Busck) (oriental
fruit moth), stone fruits, pome fruits **
- Grapholita
packardi
Zeller (cherry fruitworm),
blueberry
- Grapholita prunivora (lesser
appleworm), apple
- Platynota flavedana (variegated
leafroller), apple, peach
- Platynota idaeusalis (tufted
apple bud moth), apple, peach **
Orthoptera
Acrididae -
shorthorned grasshoppers (see USDA
management
page)