Insect pests of sampaguita (Jasminum sambac L.)

Issue Date

10-2004

Abstract

During the preliminary collection surveys conducted in Balete (Batangas), Los Baños, Calamba City, Cabuyao (Laguna) and San Miguel (Bulacan) [Philippines], 14 pest species were found on sampaguita. These were the bud worm Hendecais duplifasciales (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), webworm Nausinoe geometralis (Pyralidae, Lepidoptera), cutworm Spodoptera litura (Nactividae, Lepidoptera), tobacco budworm Helicoverpa armigera (Noctuidae, Lepidoptera), blossom midge contarinia sp. (acidomylidae, Diptera), whitefly Trialeurodes koskaldyi (Aleyrodidae, Homoptera), undetermined scale insect (Coccidae, Hemiptera), 2 undetermined species of thrips (Thripidae, Thysanoptera), a lace wing bug (Tingidae, Hemiptera), the coreid bug Acanthocapis scabrator (Correidis, Hemiptera), an undetermined chrysomellid beetle (chrysomellidae, Coleoptera), citrus green bug (Pentatomidae, Hemiptera) and an undetermined Lepidopteran leaf miner.

Source or Periodical Title

Philippine Entomologist

ISSN

0048-3753

Volume

18

Issue

2

Page

168

Document Type

Article

Frequency

semi-annually

Language

English

En – AGROVOC descriptors

PYRALIDAE; HELICOVERPA ARMIGERA; SPODOPTERA LITURA; CHRYSOMELIDAE; COREIDAE; THRIPIDAE; JASMINUM; PEST SURVEYS; PHILIPPINES

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