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W208-Vegetable Pests - Colorado Potato Beetle, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
W208-Vegetable Pests - Colorado Potato Beetle, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), is found throughout most of the United States and Mexico and has been introduced into Europe and parts of Asia. Mexico is considered the center of origin for this pest. The Colorado potato beetle is an important pest of Solanaceous plants. Potato is the preferred host, but this insect pest also will feed on tomato, eggplant, pepper, tobacco, ground cherry, horse-nettle, nightshade, belladonna, thorn apple, henbane, buffalobur and other related plant species.
W206-Vegetable Pests - Pickleworm, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
W206-Vegetable Pests - Pickleworm, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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The pickleworm, Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll) (Family Crambidae, previously Pyralidae), is found from Canada into parts of South America, and as far west as Oklahoma and Nebraska. It is an important pest of numerous cucurbits. Summer squash is the preferred host, but it also feeds on cantaloupe, cucumber, pumpkin and winter squash. Late-planted cantaloupes are heavily attacked in some areas.
W207-Vegetable Pests - Melon Aphid, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
W207-Vegetable Pests - Melon Aphid, The University Of Tennessee Agricultural Extension Service
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The melon aphid, Aphis gossypii Glover, is found throughout most of the temperate, subtropic and tropic regions of the world. Although it is a cosmopolitan species, its origin is unknown. The melon aphid has a wide host range and can feed on watermelon, cucumber, cantaloupe, squash, pumpkin, asparagus, spinach, bean, beet, cowpea, tomato, pepper, eggplant, okra, citrus, cotton, hibiscus and many weeds (such as jimsonweed and pigweed). In the South, cotton is an important host, which explains the use of the second common name, “cotton aphid.”