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The Phasmatodea (also known as Phasmida or Phasmatoptera) are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick bugs, walkingsticks, stick animals, or bug sticks. They are also occasionally referred to as Devil's darning needles , although this name is shared by both dragonflies and crane flies. [ 1 ]
Ageratina adenophora (Nepali: कालीमुन्टे, romanized: kalimunte) plant found in Panchkhal Valley, Nepal. Ageratina adenophora (synonym Eupatorium adenophorum), commonly known as Crofton weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to Mexico and Central America.
Gongylonema pulchrum is the only parasite of the genus Gongylonema capable of infecting humans. Gongylonema pulchrum infections are due to humans acting as accidental hosts for the parasite. There are seven genera of spirudia nematodes that infect human hosts accidentally: Gnathostoma, Thelazia, Gongylonema, Physaloptera, Spirocerca, Rictularia.
Species in the family may be referred to as capsid bugs or "mirid bugs". Common names include plant bugs , leaf bugs , and grass bugs . It is the largest family of true bugs belonging to the suborder Heteroptera ; it includes over 10,000 known species, and new ones are being described constantly.
Woolly aphids and other sucking insects are often vectors of transmission for powdery mildew (a white fungus which grows on above ground parts of some plants), and other infectious diseases. Typically wooly aphids in subtemperate climates precede and are an indicator of various plant infections , including powdery mildew.
The tarnished plant bug (TPB), Lygus lineolaris, is a species of plant-feeding insect in the family Miridae.It has piercing-sucking mouthparts and has become a serious pest on small fruits and vegetables in North America.
The western tarnished plant bug (Lygus hesperus) is a very serious pest of cotton, strawberries, and seed crops such as alfalfa. [ 4 ] The European tarnished plant bug ( Lygus rugulipennis ) is distributed throughout Europe, where it will feed on over 400 types of crop plant from peach trees to wheat to lettuce .
Psyllid pest of Eucalyptus camaldulensis. Citrus greening, also known as huanglongbing, associated with the presence of a bacterium Liberibacter asiaticum, is an example of a plant pathogen that has coevolved with its insect vector, the "Asian citrus psyllid", ACP, Diaphorina citri, such that the pathogen causes little or no harm to the insect, but causes a major disease which can reduce ...