Insect pests of the mango plant, Mangifera indica, on the Amami islands, Japan.
Yamaguchi T., Iwamoto J., Goto H., Nojima H., Omatu N., Torigoe H., Yasuda K., Setokuchi O., Hayashikawa S.
Author Affiliation: National Agricultural Research Center, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8666, Japan.
Kyushu Plant Protection Research 52 : 60-65
Abstract : We investigated the insect pests that occurred on mango trees, Mangifera indica, grown in green houses on the Amami islands, Kagoshima, Japan. A total of 6 species of Acarina, 4 species of Thysanoptera, 9 species of Lepidoptera, 11 species of Hemiptera (except 13 species of Coccoidea that had already been reported), and 3 species of Coleoptera that attack the mango plant were found during 1996-2001. Six species-Oligonychus coffeae (Acarina: Tetranychidae), O. biharensis (Acarina: Tetranychidae), Cisaberoptus kenyae (Acarina; Eriophyidae), Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Thysanoptera; Thripidae), Microceropsylla nigra (Hemiptera; Carsidaridae), and Euwallacea fornicatus (Coleoptera; Scolytidae) - that also attack this plant on the Amami islands have been reported for the first time.