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Cassava (Manihot esculenta) - (Root crops)

List of pests:

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

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

Anomala cincta
Anomala incostans
Anomala undulata
Callistethus cupricollis
Ceraspis innotata
Cyclocephala lunulata
Macrodactylus ovaticollis
Macrodactylus subvittatus
Phyllophaga menetriesii
Plectris fassli
Plectris pavida

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Anastrepha manihoti
Anastrepha pickeli
Neosilba perezi

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Amblystira machalana
Cyrtomenus bergi
Pseudotheraptus devastans
Vatiga illudens
Vatiga manihotae

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aleurodicus dispersus
Aleurothrixus aepim
Aleurotrachelus socialis
Bemisia afer
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci biotype Asia II 1
Bemisia tabaci biotype Asia II 6
Bemisia tabaci biotype East Africa 1
Bemisia tabaci biotype Indian Ocean
Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
Bemisia tabaci biotype MED
Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa 1
Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa 2
Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa 3
Bemisia tabaci biotype Sub Saharan Africa ESA
Bemisia tuberculata
Dysmicoccus brevipes
Paracoccus marginatus
Paraleyrodes bondari
Parasaissetia nigra
Phenacoccus herreni
Phenacoccus manihoti
Protortonia navesi
Pseudococcus mandio
Stictococcus vayssierei
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Trialeurodes variabilis

Lepidoptera:

Erinnyis ello
Helicoverpa armigera
Spodoptera eridania
Spodoptera frugiperda

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Corynothrips stenopterus
Coscineuta virens
Macrotermes falciger
Macrotermes vitrialatus
Microtermes albopartitus
Microtermes lounsburyi
Pseudacanthotermes militaris
Scirtothrips manihoti
Zonocerus elegans
Zonocerus variegatus

Other pests:

Cricetomys gambianus
Mononychellus caribbeanae
Mononychellus mcgregori
Mononychellus tanajoa
Oligonychus biharensis
Oligonychus gossypii
Oligonychus peruvianus
Tetranychus bastosi
Tetranychus cinnabarinus
Tetranychus gloveri
Tetranychus kanzawai
Tetranychus urticae

Veterinary/medical pests:

Hybomitra laticornis