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Monomorium destructor (Singapore ant)
Monomorium destructor (the Singapore ant) is described as a tramp ant as it is renowned for transporting itself around the world via...
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Paratrechina longicornis (crazy ant)
Paratrechina longicornis, the crazy ant (not to be confused with the yellow crazy ant, Anoplolepis gracilipes) is a tramp...
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Sitophilus granarius (grain weevil)
S. granarius is a serious pest of stored cereal grains in cool climates, whether in temperate or tropical latitudes. It can also cause serious...
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Hemigrapsus sanguineus (isogani)
H. sanguineus is a relatively small intertidal shore crab native to cobble/boulder coastlines in the western Pacific Ocean, from Hong...
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Tricellaria inopinata
T. inopinata forms erect, branched colonies, anchored to the substratum by rhizoids. The overall aspect of the colony is a whitish bush...
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Orseolia oryzivora (African rice gall midge)
Up to the mid 1970s the African rice gall midge was not a major pest, although there had been occasional local outbreaks, as in Cameroon in the...
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Callosobruchus maculatus (cowpea weevil)
Callosobruchus spp. are important pests of pulses. Infestation may start in the pods before harvest and carry over into storage where substantial...
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Epitrix tuberis (tuber flea beetle)
Not surprisingly, most of the literature refers to damage caused to potatoes. E. tuberis is the most destructive of the five Epitrix species that...
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Eriosoma lanigerum (woolly aphid)
E. lanigerum is an important economic pest of apple, causing severe damage through direct feeding, but not as a vector of apple viruses (Blackman...
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Ferrisia virgata (striped mealybug)
F. virgata is a known vector of cocoa swollen shoot virus (CSSV) in West Africa and cocoa Trinidad virus (CTV, Diego Martin valley isolate) in...
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