• Red plum maggot

  General The red plum maggot ( Cydia funebrana ) is mainly a pest of plums but can also attack apricot and peach. It occurs in Europe and Asia. Damage symptoms The mines produced in the fruit quickly b

• Mediterranean corn stalkborer

  General The Mediterranean corn stalkborer ( Sesamia nonagrioides ), is an serious pest of maize in Southern Europe and North Africa. It can also attack sorghum, sugarcane, wheat, rice and barley. Dama

• Cutworms

  General Cutworms ( Agrotis spp.) are occurring worldwide. Important species are for instance the black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon and the turnip moth Agrotis segetum . The larvae of these moths usually f

• Click beetles

  General Click beetles are elongate beetles with a hard exoskeleton, with the head deeply retracted into the thorax. When disturbed they lie on their back feigning death and then suddenly propel themse

• Chestnut fruit moth

  General The chestnut fruit moth ( Cydia splendana ) is a pest of chestnut and occasionally walnut. It is widely distributed in Europe. Damage symptoms A part of the kernel of the chestnut is destroyed

• Pine processionary moth

  General The Pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa), is a major pest of pine trees around the Mediterranean Sea. It is most conspicuously damaging on pine plantations, or amenity pines. Dama

• Oak processionary moth

  General The oak processionary moth ( Thaumetopoea processionea ), is a major pest of oak in many European countries. The common and scientific names of this moth refer to the behaviour of the larvae t

• Black vine weevil

  General The black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, is a pest in many ornamental crops (e.g. rhododendron, cyclamen and azalea), as well as in strawberries and other fruit crops in both temperate an

• May beetle

  Overview May beetles are beetles from the Scarabaeidae family, and are plant-eating species from the Melolonthinae subfamily. Although this subfamily contains a number of species which cause damage to

• Blackcurrant aphid

  General The blackcurrant aphid, Cryptomyzus galeopsidis , attacks black currant and also red current. It is widespread throughout Europe and also present in the Russian Far East and North America. Dam