Crop Pests and Their Management in Malaysia

adults Agricultural bean beetle biological control Biology bore borer caterpillar caused citrus coconut cocoon Coleoptera Coleoptera Curculionidae Coleoptera Scarabaeidae colour Common Name Common Synonym crops cycle cypermethrin damage defoliation Dichocrocis dorsalis droplets durian Economic Importance effective Eggs are laid Endoclita Fabricius Family female Food Plants fruit FURTHER READING Ahmad guava Guenee hatch HCT HCT Helicoverpa armigera Helopeltis theobromae Hemiptera Hemiptera Pseudococcidae infestation insect insecticides instars Kalshoven 1981 known Kuala Lumpur laid singly large numbers larva larvae feed leaf leaflets leaves Lepidoptera Lepidoptera Limacodidae Lepidoptera Noctuidae Lepidoptera Psychidae Lepidoptera Pyralidae Limacodidae Linnaeus maize Malaysia mango mealybug Muridae natural enemies Noctuidae nymphs oil palm outbreaks PACO parasites pest Pest species pesticides Plutella pods Polyphagotarsonemus latus polyphagous population predators Psychidae Pteroma pupa Pupation occurs Pyralidae rambutan Rattus Scarabaeidae serious pest shoots Snellen Spodoptera litura spray stem Tetranychus urticae tiomanicus tion trees trichlorfon usually Walker weevil young