Top Insect Pests of Georgia
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Soil Insects
- Cutworms (black, granulate, and variegated)
- Cotinis nitida
- Sphenophorus venatus vestitus
- Elasmopalpus lignosellus
- Gryllotalpidae
- Southern corn rootworm, Western corn rootworm, and other Chysomelids
- Scarabaeidae
- Naupactus spp.
- Wireworms
Foliage Feeding Insects
- Ceratoma trifurcata
- Spodoptera exigua
- Meloidae
- Cabbage webworm
- Oulema melanopus
- Leptinotarsa decemlineata
- Helicoverpa zea
- Plutella xylostella
- Ostrinia nubilalis
- Spodoptera frugiperda
- Hypena scabra
- Hornworms
- Imported cabbage worm
- Loopers
- Epilachna varivestis
- Spodoptera eridania
- Heliothis virescens
- Epitrix hirtipennis
- Mythimna unipuncta
- Anticarsia gemmatalis
- Spodoptera ornithogalli
Sucking Insects
- Melanocallis caryaefoliae
- Monelliopsis pecanis
- Blissus leucopterus leucopterus
- Fleahoppers
- Grain aphids
- Myzus persicae
- Leptoglossus phyllopus
- Empoasca fabae
- Melon aphid
- Bemisia argentifolii
- Anasa tristis
- Stink bugs (Brown and Green)
- Lygus lineolaris
- Spissistilus festinus
- Thrips
Weevils and Borers
- Xylosandrus crassiusculus
- Anthonomus grandis grandis
- Curculio elephas
- Chalcodermus aeneus
- Flightless weevils
- Granary, rice and maize weevils
- Craponius inaequalis
- Grape root borer
- Ips engraver beetles
- Hylobius pales
- Synanthedon exitiosa
- Curculio caryae
- Anthonomus eugenii
- Conotrachelus nenuphar
- Dendroctonus frontalis
- Anthonomus signatus
- Cylas formicarius
- Vegetable weevil
Exotic Insects
- Anoplophora glabripennis
- The (multicolored) Asian lady beetle
- Lymantria dispar
- Japanese beetle
- Japanese cedar longhorn beetle
- Maconellicoccus hirsutus
References
- Allen, Robert T. and E.P. Rouse. 1978. Insect Pest Management in Arkansas. The Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service and the Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR.
- Davidson, Ralph H and William F. Lyon. 1987. Insect Pests of Farm, Garden, and Orchard. John Wiley & Sons, New York, NY.
- Deitz, L. L., J W Van Duyn, J. R. Bradley, Jr., R. L. Rabb, W M. Brooks, and R. E. Stinner. 1976. A Guide to the Identification and Biology of Soybean Arthropods in North Carolina. North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, Tech. Bdg. No. 238. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Higley, L. G. and D. J. Boethel. 1994. Handbook of Soybean Insect Pests. Entomological Society of America, Lanham, MD.
- Hunt, Thomas N. and J. R. Baker, (eds.). Carter C.C., T. N. Hunt, D. L. Kline, T. E. Reagan, W. P. Barney, and D. L. Stephan. 1982. Insect and Related Pests of Field Crops: Some important, common, and potential Pests in North Carolina. AG-271, The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
- Metcalf, C. L. and W. P. Flint. 1962. Destructive and Useful Insects, their Habits and Control. McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York, NY.
- Oliver, A. D. and J. B. Chapin. 1981. Biology and Illustrated Key for the Identification of Twenty Species of Economically Important Noctuid Pests. Bulletin No. 733, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.
- Riley, D.G., A. N. Sparks, and J Norman. 1991. The Sweetpotato Whitefly in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
- Schuster, David J., J. F. Price, and J B King. 1989. Integrated Management of the Sweetpotato Whitefly on Commercial Tomato. Gulf Coast Research and Education Center WAS, The University of Florida, Bradenton, FL.
- Sorensen, Kenneth A. and James R. Baker (eds.). Carter, C. C. and D. L. Stephan. 1983. Insect and Related Pests of Vegetables, Some important, common, and potential Pest in the Southeastern United States. AG-295, The North Carolina Agricultural Extension Service, The University of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC.
- Swan, Lester A. and Charles S. Papp. 1972. The Common Insects of North America. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, NY.
- Werner, F. G., L. Moore, and T. F. Watson. 1979. Arizona Cotton Insects, Bulletin A23 R, Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Arizona.
