Distribution, hosts and natural enemies of pests of Coffee

Distribution, hosts and natural enemies of pests of Coffee

    Common name Scientific name Distribution Hosts Natural enemies
    White stem borer Xylotrechits quadripes Chevrolat South India, Assam, Burma, Srilanka, Thailand, Philippines and Indonesia. Coffee, Ixora
    Olea dioica
    Parasitoid
    Metapdma sp.
    Red borer Zeuzera cqffeae Nietn India, Malaysia Cocoa, coffee
    Shot-hole borer Xylosandms compactus Eichhoff India, Papua, Madagascar, South-East Asia and New Guinea coffee, tea, citrus, avocado, castor, rubber, cinchona etc.
    Coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei Ferr. Tropical Africa
    India, Srilanka,
    South East Asia
    Indonesia, Brazil
    New Guinea,
    Colombia, Surinam.
    Coffee,
    hibiscus,
    Rubiaceae
    Leguminous
    plants
    Predators
    Uganda Wasp - Prorps nasuta
    Waterston
    Coffee green scale Coccus viridis Green. India, Ceylon,
    Burma, Bangladesh,
    Thailand, Malayia.
    Coffee, citrus
    guava, mango
    and tea.
    Brown scale Saisettia coffeae Wlk. Cosmopolitan Coffee, citrus,
    ea, guava and
    mango
    Parasitoids
    Aneristrus ceroplastae
    How.
    Coccophagus flavescens
    How.
    Coccophagus cowperi
    Gir.
    Striped mealy bug Ferrisia Virgata Ckll. Pan tropical, India,
    Srilanka, Pakistan,
    Burma, Bangladesh
    and Malaysia.
    Coffee, cocoa, cotton, jute, citrus, beans, groundnut, cassava, sugarcane, sweet potato,
    guava, cashew
    and tomato

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