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A-Z insect pest list
Links to fact sheets and other information on the main invertebrate pests that attack grain and cotton crops in Queensland and northern New South Wales.
Pest species are listed alphabetically by common name. Information on some pest groups may be under a single link (e.g. locusts, aphids, mites).
For specific insect pest control options visit the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA) website or Pest Genie.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | L | M | N | O | P | R | S | T | V | W | Y
A
- African black beetle (Heteronychus arator)
- Amnemus weevil (Amnemus sp.)
- Ants, Seed harvesting (Pheidole)
- Aphids (various)
- Aphid, Bluegreen (Acyrthosiphon kondoi)
- Aphid, Cabbage (Brevicoryne brassicae)
- Aphid, Corn (Rhopalosiphum maidis)
- Aphid, Cotton (Aphis gossypii)
- Aphid, Cowpea (Aphis craccivora)
- Aphid, Green peach (Myzus persicae)
- Aphid, Oat (Rhopalosiphum padi)
- Aphid, Pea (Acyrthosiphon pisum)
- Aphid, Rice root (Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis)
- Aphid, Rose grain (Metopolophium dirhodum)
- Aphid, Soybean (Aphis glycine)
- Aphid, Spotted alfalfa (Therioaphis trifolii)
- Aphid, Turnip (Lipaphis erysimi)
- Aphid, Wheat (Rhopalosiphum padi)
- Armyworms (various)
- Armyworm, Common (Mythimna convecta)
- Armyworm, Dayfeeding (Spodoptera exempta)
- Armyworm, Lawn (Spodoptera mauritia)
- Armyworm, Lesser (Spodoptera exigua)
- Armyworm, Northern (Mythimna separata)
- Armyworm, Sugarcane (Leucania stenographa)
- Australian plague locust (Chortoicetes terminifera)
B
- Bean fly (Ophiomyia phaseoli)
- Bean leafroller (Omiodes diemenalis)
- Bean looper or Mocis (Mocis alterna)
- Bean podborer (Maruca vitrata)
- Bean spider mite (Tetranychus ludeni)
- Beet webworm (Spoladea recurvalis)
- Black field cricket (Teleogryllus commodus, T. oceanicus, Lepidogryllus parvulus)
- Black field earwig (Nala lividipes)
- Black leaf beetle (Rhyparida nitida)
- Black sunflower scarab (Pseudoheteronyx sp.)
- Bluegreen aphid (Acyrthosiphon kondoi)
- Blue oat mite (Penthaleus major)
- Brown bean bug, Large (Riptortus serripes)
- Brown bean bug, Small (Melanacanthus scutellaris)
- Brown flea beetle (Chaetocnema sp.)
- Brown mirid (Creontiades pacificus)
- Brown pasture looper (Ciampa arietaria)
- Brown shield bug (Dictyotis caenosis)
- Brown wheat mite (Petrobia latens)
- Bruchid, Cowpea (Callosobruchus maculatus)
C
- Cabbage aphid (Brevicoryne brassicae)
- Cabbage moth (Plutella xylostella)
- Castor oil looper (Achaea janata)
- Click beetle (Agrypnus spp.)
- Clover springtail (Sminthurus viridis)
- Cluster caterpillar (Spodoptera litura)
- Cockroach, Wingless (Calolampra spp.)
- Common armyworm (Mythimna convecta)
- Common grass blue butterfly (Zizina labradus)
- Corn aphid (Rhopalosiphum maidis)
- Corn earworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
- Cotton aphid (Aphis gossypii)
- Cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera)
- Cotton harlequin bug (Tectocoris diophthalmus)
- Cotton leafhopper (Amrasca terraereginae)
- Cotton leafperforator (Bucculatrix gossypii)
- Cotton looper (Anomis flava)
- Cottonseed bug (Oxycarenus luctuosus)
- Cotton seedling thrip (Thrips tabaci)
- Cotton tipworm (Crocidosema plebejana)
- Cotton webspinner (Achyra affinitalis)
- Cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora)
- Cowpea bruchid (Callosobruchus maculatus)
- Cricket, Black field (Teleogryllus commodus, T. oceanicus, Lepidogryllus parvulus)
- Crop mirid (Sidnia kingbergii)
- Cutworm (Agrotis spp.)
D
- Dayfeeding armyworm (Spodoptera exempta)
- Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)
- Dried fruit beetle (Carpophilus spp.)
E
- Eastern false wireworm (Pterohelaeus spp.)
- Earwig, Black field (Nala lividipes)
- Etiella moth (Etiella behrii)
F
- False wireworm (Pterohelaeus and Gonocephalum spp.)
- Flea beetles, Brown and Redheaded (Chaetocnema and Nisostra sp.)
- Flower beetle (Carpophilus spp.)
G
- Grasshoppers and locusts (various)
- Grasshopper, Wingless (Phaulacridium vittatum)
- Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
- Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)
- Green mirid (Creontiades dilutus)
- Green vegetable bug (Nezara viridula)
- Green stink bug (Plautia affinis)
- Grey cluster bug (Nysius clevelandensis)
H
- Helicoverpa species (armigera, punctigera)
J
- Jassids (leafhoppers) (various)
L
- Lawn armyworm (Spodoptera mauritia)
- Leafhoppers (jassids) (various)
- Leafhopper, cotton (Amrasca terraereginae)
- Leafhopper, lucerne (Austroasca alfalfae)
- Leafhopper, maize (Cicadulina bimaculata
- Leafhopper, vegetable (Austroasca viridigrisea)
- Legume webspinner (Omiodes diemenalis)
- Lesser armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)
- Light brown apple moth (Epiphyasa postvittana)
- Locusts and grasshoppers (various)
- Locust, Australian plague (Chortoicetes terminifera)
- Locust, Migratory (Locusta migratoria)
- Locust, Yellow-winged (Gastrimargus musicus)
- Locust, Spur-throated (Austracris (Noamdacris) guttulosa)
- Loopers (various)
- Looper, Bean or Mocis (Mocis alterna)
- Looper, Brown pasture (Ciampa arietaria)
- Looper, Castor oil (Achaea janata)
- Looper, Cotton (Anomis flava)
- Looper, Sugarcane (Mocis frugalis)
- Looper, Soybean (Thysanoplusia orichalcea)
- Looper, Tobacco (Chrysodeixis argentifera)
- Looper, Vegetable (Chrysodeixis eriosoma)
- Mocis trifasciata no common name
- Pantydia spp.
- Lucerne crownborer (Zygrita diva)
- Lucerne flea (Sminthurus viridis)
- Lucerne leafhopper (Austroasca alfalfae)
- Lucerne leafroller (Merophyas divulsana)
- Lucerne seed wasp (Bruchophagus roddi)
- Lucerne seed web moth (Etiella behrii)
M
- Maize leafhopper (Cicadulina bimaculata)
- Maize thrips (Frankliniella williamsi)
- Mealybug (Family Psuedococcidae)
- Mealybug, solenopsis (Phenacoccus solenopsis)
- Midge, Sorghum (Stenodiplosis sorghicola)
- Migratory locust (Locusta migratoria)
- Mirids (Creontiades and Sidnia spp.)
- Mites (various)
- Mite, Bean spider (Tetranychus ludeni)
- Mite, Brown wheat (Petrobia latens)
- Mite, Blue oat (Penthaleus major)
- Mite, Peanut (Paraplonobia spp.)
- Mite, Redlegged earth (Halotydeus destructor)
- Mite, Strawberry spider (Tetranychus lambi)
- Mite, Two-spotted (Tetranychus urticae)
- Mocis alterna (bean looper)
- Mocis frugalis (sugarcane looper)
- Mocis trifasciata
- Monolepta (red-houldered leaf beetle), (Monolepta australis)
N
- Native budworm (Helicoverpa punctigera)
- Native whitefly (Bemisia tabaci)
- Northern armyworm (Mythimna separata)
O
- Oat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)
- Onion thrip (Thrips tabaci)
P
- Pale cotton stainer bug (Dysdercus sidae)
- Pantydia spp.
- Pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum)
- Pea blue butterfly (Lampides boeticus)
- Peanut mite (Paraplonobia spp.)
- Peanut scarab (Heteronyx spp.)
- Pea weevil (Bruchus pisorum)
- Pinkspotted bollworm (Pectinophora scutigera)
- Plague thrip (Thrips imaginis)
- Podsucking bugs (various, including Nezara viridula)
R
- Redbanded shield bug (Piezodorus oceanicus)
- Redheaded flea beetle (Nisotra sp.)
- Redlegged earth mite (Halotydeus destructor)
- Redshouldered leaf beetle (Monolepta australis)
- Rice root aphid (Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis)
- Rose grain aphid (Metopolophium dirhodum)
- Rough bollworm (Earias huegeliana)
- Rutherglen bug (Nysius vinitor)
S
- Seed harvesting ants (Pheidole spp.)
- Scarab, Black sunflower (Pseudoheteronyx sp.)
- Scarab, Peanut (Heteronyx sp.)
- Shoot flies (Atherigona sp.)
- Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype B and Australian native AN)
- Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype Q)
- Sitona weevil (Sitona discoideus)
- Soil insects (various)
- Solenopsis mealybug (Phenacoccus solenopsis)
- Sorghum midge (Stenodiplosis sorghicola)
- Sorghum head caterpillar (Cryptoblabes adoceta)
- Soybean aphid (Aphis glycine)
- Soybean leafminer (Porphyrosela aglaozona)
- Soybean looper (Thysanoplusia orichalcea)
- Soybean moth (Aproaerema simplexella)
- Spotted alfalfa aphid (Therioaphis trifolii)
- Spur-throated locust (Austracris (Nomadacris) guttulosa)
- Strawberry spider mite (Tetranychus lambi)
- Stored grain pests (various)
- Sugarcane armyworm (Leucania stenographa)
- Sugarcane looper (Mocis frugalis)
- Swarming leaf beetle (Rhyparida spp.)
T
- Thrips (various)
- Thrips, Onion (Thrips tabaci)
- Thrips, Cotton seedling (Thrips tabaci)
- Thrips, Maize (Frankliniella williamsi)
- Thrips, Plague (Thrips imaginis)
- Thrips, tobacco (Thrips tabaci)
- Thrips, Tomato (Frankliniella schultzei)
- Thrips, Western flower (Frankliniella orientalis)
- Tobacco looper (Chrysodeixis argentifera)
- Tortrix (Epiphyasa postvittana)
- True wireworm (Agrypnus spp.)
- Turnip aphid (Lipaphis erysimi)
- Two-spotted mite/spider mite (Tetranychus urticae)
V
- Vegetable leafhopper (Austroasca viridigrisea)
- Vegetable looper (Chrysodeixis eriosoma)
- Vegetable weevil (Listroderes difficilis)
W
- Weed web moth (Achyra affinitalis)
- Western flower thrip (Frankliniella orientalis)
- Wheat aphid (Rhopalosiphum padi)
- Whiteflies (various)
- Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)
- Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype B and Australian native AN)
- Silverleaf whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype Q)Whitefringed weevil (Naupactus leucoloma)
- Whitegrub (Heteronyx spp.)
- Wingless cockroaches (Calolampra spp.)
- Wingless grasshopper (Phaulacridium vittatum)
- Wireworm, False (Pterohelaeus and Gonocephalum spp.)
- Wireworm, True (Agrypnus spp.)
Y
- Yellow peach moth (Conogethes punctiferalis)
- Yellow-winged locust (Gastrimargus musicus)
Please note: This list is not exhaustive. It contains all major but not all minor/infrequent pest species.
Further information
Author: Entomology Team (Field Crops)
Page maintained by Sue O'Brien
Last updated 10 March 2011