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Diabrotica undecimpunctata, the spotted cucumber beetle or southern corn rootworm, is a species of cucumber beetle that is native to North America. The species can be a major agricultural pest insect in North America. Spotted cucumber beetles cause damage to crops in the larval and adult stages of their life cycle.
Subtribe: Diabroticina. Genus: Diabrotica. Chevrolat in Dejean, 1836 [1] Diabrotica is a large, widespread genus of beetles in the family Chrysomelidae. Members of this genus include several destructive agricultural pest species, sometimes referred to as cucumber beetles or corn rootworms.
Cucumber beetle. Cucumber beetle is a common name given to members of two genera of beetles, Diabrotica and Acalymma, both in the family Chrysomelidae. [1] The adults can be found on cucurbits such as cucumbers and a variety of other plants. Many are notorious pests of agricultural crops. The larvae of several cucumber beetles are known as corn ...
Squash mosaic virus (SqMV) is a mosaic virus disease common in squash plants and other plants, including melons, of the family Cucurbitaceae. [1] It occurs worldwide. [1] It is transmitted primarily by beetles, including the leaf beetle (Acalymma trivittata), spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata), [2] [3] and 28-spotted ladybird beetle (Henosepilachna vigintioctopunctata), [1 ...
Melon necrotic spot virus (MNSV) is a virus that belongs to the genus Gammacarmovirus (splitted from formerly Carmovirus) of the family Tombusviridae. It has been observed in several countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is considered to be an endemic virus in greenhouses and field productions of Cucurbitaceae crops, including ...
Order Diptera, flies and mosquitoes. Species. Common name. Ablautus schlingeri. Oso Flaco robber fly. Apiocera warneri. Glamis sand fly. Brennania belkini. Belkin's dune tabanid fly.
Spotted cucumber beetle (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) [31] Striped cucumber beetle (Acalymma trivittatum) [31] Thrips (various) [32] Sugar beet wireworm (Limonius californicus) [19] Two-striped grasshopper (Melanoplus bivittatus) [24] Vegetable leafminer (Liriomyza sativae) [11] Velvet ant (Mutillidae spp.) - these are actually a type of wasp [4]
Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus. Cowpea chlorotic mottle virus, known by the abbreviation CCMV, is a virus that specifically infects the cowpea plant, or black-eyed pea. The leaves of infected plants develop yellow spots, hence the name "chlorotic". Similar to its "brother" virus, Cowpea mosaic virus (CPMV), CCMV is produced in high yield in plants.