Pest Profiles

Below is a list of insect pests that have been selected due to their significant economic importance to agriculture and natural resources in Georgia.

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Cabbage Webworm

Hellula, rogatalis and Hellula, unadalis


Cat flea

Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché)


Cattle Horn Fly

Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus)





D


Deodar Weevil

Pissodes nemorensis

Information Sheet


Diamondback Moth

Lepidoptera, Plutellidae

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Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith)

Information Sheet


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Granulate Ambrosia Beetle

Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Mot.)

Information Sheet


Grape Root Borer

Vitacea polistiformis (Harris) 

Information Sheet


Grasshoppers

Orthoptera, Acrididae

Information Sheet


Green Peach Aphid

Myzus persicae

Information Sheet

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M

Mite Vector of Rose Rosette Disease

Eriophyid mite Phyllocoptes fructiphilus


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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia frustrana

Information Sheet

P

Peanut Burrower Bug

Pangaeus bilineatus (Say)



Plum curculio

Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst)

R

Redheaded Flea Beetle

Systena frontalis (F.) 

Information Sheet


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San Jose scale

Comstockaspis perniciosus (Comstock)



Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)

Information Sheet





Subterranean Termites

Reticulitermes spp.

Information Sheet

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Thrips

Order: Thysanoptera; Family: Thripidae

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Whiteflies

(Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) several species