LIST OF PEANUT INSECTS

CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO PLANT PART CONSUMED/HABITAT

A.  Foliar insect pests:

                               Corn Earworm  (Helicoverpa zea)   Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                      Tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens)  Moth>>   Larva>>

                              Green cloverworm (Platypena scabra)  Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                              Velvetbean caterpillar (Anticarsia gemmatalis)   Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                              Three-cornered alfalfa hopper (Spissistilus festinus)  Adult>>   Nymph>>   Behavioral issues

                      Tobacco thrips (Franklinealla fusca) >>   Western flower thrips (F. occidentalis) >>   Behavioral issues

                              Twospotted spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)   Adult, nymph, eggs>>   Behavioral issues

B.  Insect present at the soil-air interface:

                               Granulate cutworm (Agrotis subterranea)    Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                               Black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon)   Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                              Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)   Moth>>   Larva>>    Behavioral issues

C.  Below-ground (pod-feeding) insect pests:

                            Burrower bugs (Pangaeus bilineatus)  Adult>>  Damage>>   Behavioral issues

                            Lesser cornstalk borer (Elasmopalpus lignosellus)   Moth>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                            Southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi)   Beetle>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                            Bahiagrass borer (Derobrachus brevicollis)   Beetle>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                           White grubs  (several species)   Beetle>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                            Wireworms (several species)   Beetle>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

                            Whitefringed beetle (Naupactus sp.)   Beetle>>   Larva>>   Behavioral issues

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