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Alfalfa/lucerne (Medicago sativa) - (Forage/fodder crops)

List of pests:

Coleoptera
Diptera (plant parasitic)
Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha
Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking)
Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha
Lepidoptera
Other insect orders (plant/storage pests)
Other pests

(Detailed information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files)
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Coleoptera:

Agriotes sordidus
Apion apricans
Apion tenue
Cerotoma trifurcata
Corrhenes stigmatica
Diabrotica undecimpunctata
Epicauta fabricii
Epicauta ferruginea
Epicauta funebris
Epicauta maculata
Epicauta murina
Epicauta normalis
Epicauta occidentalis
Epicauta pensylvanica
Epicauta sericans
Gonioctena fornicata
Hypera brunnipennis
Hypera postica
Hypera punctata
Lytta cyanipennis
Monolepta australis
Naupactus cervinus
Naupactus leucoloma
Otiorhynchus ligustici
Plagionotus floralis
Sitona discoideus
Sitona hispidulus
Sitona humeralis
Sitona lineatus
Sitona lineellus
Sitona macularius
Zygrita diva

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Agromyza frontella
Delia platura
Liriomyza congesta
Liriomyza huidobrensis
Liriomyza sativae

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Agalliana ensigera
Austroagallia avicula
Austroagallia torrida
Ceresa nigripectus
Dalbulus maidis
Draeculacephala minerva
Empoasca fabae
Graphocephala atropunctata
Orosius argentatus
Orosius orientalis
Philaenus spumarius
Spissistilus festinus

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Adelphocoris (genus)
Adelphocoris fasciaticollis
Adelphocoris lineolatus
Apolygus lucorum
Bagrada hilaris
Campylomma liebknechti
Chinavia hilaris
Closterotomus norwegicus
Creontiades dilutus
Creontiades pallidus
Euschistus quadrator
Euschistus servus
Halticus bractatus
Leptopterna dolabrata
Lygus (genus)
Lygus borealis
Lygus elisus
Lygus gemellatus
Lygus hesperus
Lygus keltoni
Lygus lineolaris
Lygus pratensis
Lygus punctatus
Lygus rugulipennis
Megacopta cribraria
Melanacanthus scutellaris
Nezara viridula
Nysius raphanus
Nysius vinitor
Oebalus pugnax
Piezodorus guildinii
Piezodorus hybneri
Riptortus serripes
Thyanta custator
Trigonotylus caelestialium

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Acyrthosiphon kondoi
Acyrthosiphon pisum
Aphis craccivora
Aphis fabae
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
Brachycaudus helichrysi
Macrosiphum creelii
Myzus persicae
Ripersiella kondonis
Therioaphis trifolii

Lepidoptera:

Achyra rantalis
Agrotis gypaetina
Agrotis malefida
Aproaerema modicella
Autographa californica
Bilobata subsecivella
Chiasmia clathrata
Colias eurytheme
Colias lesbia
Cydia medicaginis
Epinotia aporema
Epiphyas postvittana
Helicoverpa armigera
Helicoverpa gelotopoeon
Helicoverpa punctigera
Helicoverpa zea
Heliothis virescens
Herpetogramma bipunctalis
Isturgia arenacearia
Mamestra configurata
Merophyas divulsana
Mythimna unipuncta
Noctua pronuba
Omiodes diemenalis
Peridroma saucia
Phthorimaea absoluta
Plathypena scabra
Spodoptera exigua
Spodoptera frugiperda
Spodoptera littoralis
Spodoptera litura
Spodoptera ornithogalli
Spodoptera praefica
Tephrina arenacearia
Thysanoplusia orichalcea
Trichoplusia ni
Zizina labradus

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Bruchophagus roddi
Calliptamus abbreviatus
Dichroplus elongatus
Dichroplus vittatus
Forficula auricularia
Frankliniella australis
Frankliniella intonsa
Frankliniella occidentalis
Haplothrips leucanthemi
Megalurothrips distalis
Melanoplus (genus)
Melanoplus bivittatus
Melanoplus differentialis
Melanoplus femurrubrum
Melanoplus packardii
Melanoplus sanguinipes
Odontothrips confusus
Odontothrips loti
Oedaleonotus enigma
Schistocerca gregaria
Sericothrips kaszabi
Sminthurus viridis
Thrips angusticeps
Thrips tabaci

Other pests:

Apodemus sylvaticus
Bryobia praetiosa
Microtus (genus)
Microtus arvalis
Nesokia indica
Odocoileus virginianus
Ommatoiulus moreleti
Sus scrofa
Tetranychus desertorum
Tetranychus urticae
Thomomys talpoides