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Palm Pests Part 2

Palm Pests Part 2. Sri Lanka Weevil Myllocerus undatus. Native to Southern India Introduced into Florida in 2000 We had no representatives of this genus in the New World Hemisphere record Life cycle in laboratory conditions is about two months. Sri Lanka Weevil Distribution.

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Palm Pests Part 2

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  1. Palm Pests Part 2

  2. Sri Lanka WeevilMyllocerus undatus • Native to Southern India • Introduced into Florida in 2000 • We had no representatives of this genus in the New World • Hemisphere record • Life cycle in laboratory conditions is about two months

  3. Sri Lanka Weevil Distribution

  4. Sri Lanka WeevilMyllocerus undatus Image credit: Florida Division of Plant Industry Archive, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services , www.bugwood.org, #5198080 and 5198079

  5. Sri Lanka Weevil Hosts • Areca palm • Fishtail Palm • Citrus • Cocoplum • Crepe myrtle • Earleaf acacia • Ficus • Golden dewdrops • Hibiscus • Lantana • Live oak • Loquat • Lychee • Mango • Orange jasmine • Passion flower • Peach • Seagrape

  6. Sri Lanka Weevil Damage Image credit: Tim Broschat, University of Florida, www.bugwood.org, #5475312

  7. Sri Lanka Weevil Look Alike Image credit: Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org, #5178057 and 5178054.

  8. Red palm mite(Raoiella indica) • Spread from Caribbean to Florida in 2007 • Feeding on leaves causes severe yellowing, small or dropped fruit • Dispersed by wind or on infested plant material • Pest on palms as well as bananas and plantains; full host range not known

  9. Red palm mitedistribution

  10. Red palm mite(Raoiella indica) Image credit: Rita Duncan, University of Florida Lyle Buss, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida

  11. Red palm mite hosts • Coconut palm • Areca palm • Bananas • Plantains • Princess palms • Christmas palm • Bird of paradise • Heliconia • Ginger

  12. Red palm mite damage Image credit: Jorge Pena, University of Florida

  13. Texas Phoenix Palm Decline • Caused by a bacterium (phytoplasma) • Detected in 2006, determined in 2008 • Originally described from Texas • Kills quickly

  14. Texas Phoenix Palm Decline Distribution Map courtesy of ???????????????????????

  15. Susceptible plants • Sabal palms • Queen palm • Mexican fan palm • Silver date palm • Canary Island date palm • Date palm • Senegal date palm • Miniature date palm

  16. Phoenix dactyliferadecline, TPPD Sabal palm decline – Manatee County 2008 Sabal palm decline, TPPD Phoenix canariensis decline, TPPD

  17. Early symptoms Phoenix sylvestris

  18. Symptom progression: lethal yellowing

  19. Late stage foliar symptoms Phoenix sylvestris

  20. Damage Phoenix roebelenii

  21. Vector: three candidates Omolicna fulva Haplaxius (Myndus) crudus Ormenaria rufifascia

  22. References • http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/Sri%20Lanka%20weevil.pub%20(Read-Only).pdf • http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/pest-alerts/myllocerus-undatus.html • http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/enpp/ento/entcirc/ent412.pdf • http://journals.fcla.edu/flaent/article/view/75918/73576 • http://www.pestalert.org/storage/MundatusPAS.pdf • http://www.freshfromflorida.com/pi/pest-alerts/raoiella-indica.html • http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/orn/palms/red_palm_mite.htm • http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pp163

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