Crop – Pest Index: 51 Major pests of Maize

February 20, 2024February 23, 2024 0 min read

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20 February 2024, New Delhi: Below is a comprehensive list of 51 major pests of Maize across the world.

1.Agonoscelis nubilis (Fabricius)
2.Agrotis sp.
3.Aloa albistriga Walker
4.Anomala dimidiata Hope
5.Atherigona soccata (Rondani)

6.Atractomorpha crenulata (Fabricius)
7.Callitettix versicolor (Fabricius)
8.Cerococcus indicus (Maskell)
9.Chaetocnema sp.
10.Chiloloba acuta (Wiedemann)

11.Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)
12.Chrysodeixis chalcites (Esper)
13.Clinteria klugi (Hope)
14.Cnaphalocrocis trapezalis (Guenée)
15.Cyrtacanthacris tatarica (L.)

16.Diostrombus carnosa (Westwood)
17.Dolycoris indicus Stal
18.Eumeta crameri (Westwood)
19.Hieroglyphus nigrorepletus Bolívar
20.Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas)

21.Melanitis leda Linnaeus
22.Mocis frugalis (Fabricius)
23.Monolepta signata Olivier
24.Myllocerus discolor Boheman
25.Myllocerus undecimpustulatus Faust

26.Myllocerus viridanus Fabricius
27.Mythimna loreyi (Duponchel)
28.Mythimna separata (Walker)
29.Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)
30.Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)

31.Olene mendosa Hubner
32.Olepa ricini (Fabricius)
33.Oxycetonia versicolor (Fabricius)
34.Patanga succincta (Johannson)
35.Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead)

36.Piezodorus hybneri (Gmelin)
37.Protaetia alboguttata Vigors
38.Protaetia cinerea (Kraatz)
39.Protaetia squamipennis Burmeister
40.Proutista moesta (Westwood)

41.Psalydolytta rouxi (Castelnau)
42.Pyrilla perpusilla Walker
43.Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch)
44.Schistocerca gregaria (Forskål)
45.Sesamia inferens (Walker)

46.Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus)
47.Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier)
48.Sogatella furcifera (Horvath)
49.Spodoptera exigua (Huebner)
50.Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith)
51.Spodoptera litura (Fabricius)