Moths and Butterflies

Moths and butterflies can range widely in size, with wingspans ranging from about 4 mm to nearly 30 cm. Lepidopterans are generally covered in small, overlapping scales on both their bodies and their wings, and have an elongated, tube-like mouthpart known as a proboscis...

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Flatid Planthopper

Ormenaria rufifascia is not considered a serious pest, although large populations can cause aesthetic damage due to the large amount of honeydew that supports extensive coatings of sooty mold on the host plants...

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Leaf Beetles

The vast majority of leaf beetles that are considered pests of palms belong to the Hispinae subfamily of Chrysomelidae, and are leaf miners. Adult leaf beetles range from 3-35 mm in length, and are elongate, oval to orbicular in shape...

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Bismarckia Image ThumbAbout This Tool

The pages of this tool offer a variety of resources to aid the user in the identification of arthropod palm pests.

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This tool includes arthropod pests of palms from the U.S. and the Caribbean.

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Learn more about the commodity-based resource A Resource for Pests and Diseases of Cultivated Palms.

Last Updated December 2013