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Jute ::Minor Pests of Jute::


 

Minor Pests

6.

Mealy bugs

Ferrisia virgata, Phenacoccus hirsutus and Pseudococcus filamentosus var. corymbatus

Pseudococcidae

Hemiptera

7.

Scale

Parasaissetia nigra

Coccidae

Hemiptera

8.

Leaf thrips

Ayyaria chaetophora

Thripidae

Thysanoptera

9.

Hairy caterpillar

Spilosoma obliqua

Arctiidae

Lepidoptera

10.

Cutworm

Spodoptera Iitura

Noctuidae

Lepidoptera

11.

Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Noctuidae

Lepidoptera

12.

Leafminer

Trachys dasi

Buprestidae

Coleoptera

13.

Beetles

Pachnephorus bretinghami and Nodostoma bengalensis

Eumolpidae

Coleoptera

 

Several other pests associated with jute are the mealy bugs, Ferrisia virgata, Phenacoccus hirsutus and Pseudococcus filamentosus var. corymbatus (Pseudococcidae: Hemiptera); scale, Parasaissetia nigra (Coccidae: Hemiptera); leaf thrips, Ayyaria chaetophora (Thripidae: Thysanoptera); hairy caterpillar, Spilosoma obliqua (Arctiidae: Lepidoptera); cutworm, Spodoptera Iitura and armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Noctuidae: Lepidoptera); leafminer, Trachys dasi (Buprestidae: Coleoptera) and beetles, Pachnephorus bretinghami and Nodostoma bengalensis (Eumolpidae: Coleoptera).