Insect Management Handbook

Otiorhynchus spp.

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Pulvinaria floccifera

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Coccus hesperidum

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Toxoptera aurantii

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Pest description and crop damage Small black aphid on new growth or on winter buds. Infestations may be severe in any season and are often a problem on plants growing in protected places.

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Includes holly scale (Dynaspidiotus britannicus)

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Pest description and crop damage Scale covering is light brown to tan, 0.63 inch in diameter. They devitalize plants and spot leaves.

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Eurytetranychus buxi

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Pest description and crop damage The adult is a small greenish to brown mite. Their feeding causes small whitish, yellowish, or bronze streaks that look like pin scratches on the upper leaf surface. Heavy infestations can cause premature leaf drop. Damage is common throughout the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

Psylla buxi

Monarthropalpus buxi

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Lepidosaphes ulmi

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Common Pests of Nursery Crops

Agrilus anxius