• Obscure mealybug

  General The obscure mealy bug ( Pseudococcus viburni ) (formerly known as Pseudococcus affinis) originates from South America, but can now be found in many parts of the world with a temperate climate.

• Citrus mealybug

  General The citrus mealybug ( Planococcus citri ) has a world-wide distribution and many and diverse host plants. In temperate regions of the world this mealybug poses a problem in greenhouse horticul

• Sycamore lace bug

  General The sycamore lace bug, Corythucha ciliata , is a native of North America where it occurs throughout the eastern United States and eastern Canada. In Europe, it is a highly invasive pest insect

• Horse-chestnut leaf miner

  General The horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella , probably originates from natural stands of the European horse-chestnut in Greece, Albania and Macedonia. It was first observed attacking or

• Stable fly

  General Stable flies belong to the genus Stomoxys , Latin for “sharp mouth”; a fitting moniker, as these flies are the only members of the Muscidae family that feed on mammalian blood (particularly ca

• Tomato fruit borer

  General This pest is found in Mexico, Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras, Grenada, Guatemala, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, S

• Smaller green leafhopper

  General The smaller green leafhopper or vine leafhopper, Empoasca vitis , is mainly a pest of grapevine but can also attack a variety of other fruit crops like for instance apple, cherry, plum and bla

• Cottony cushion scale

  General The cottony cushion scale, Icerya purchasi , is considered to have originated in Australia. It was accidentally introduced to California in about 1868 and devastated the citrus industry there

• Peach twig borer

  General The peach twig borer, Anarsia lineatella, is a pest of peach and also attacks apricots and almonds. It occurs in Europe, North Africa, North America, and Asia. Damage symptoms The tips of atta

• European mole cricket

  General The European mole cricket, Gryllotalpa gryllotalpa is widely distributed in the warmer areas of Europe and introduced in the US. It lives mainly in the ground where it feeds on soil invertebra