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CuraPlant

Pest Management Library

Know Your Enemies.

Identification guides, lifecycle information, and organic + chemical control methods for 20 major crop pests affecting smallholder farms in Africa and Asia.

20

Pest profiles

5

Pest categories

100+

Control methods

30+

Affected crops

Tipo de plaga

🐛
Critical

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda

Caterpillars & Moths

Afecta 7 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦟
Critical

Whitefly (Silverleaf Whitefly)

Bemisia tabaci

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 8 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🐛
Critical

African Bollworm (Cotton Bollworm / Corn Earworm)

Helicoverpa armigera

Caterpillars & Moths

Afecta 9 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🐛
High Risk

Cereal Stem Borer Complex

Busseola fusca / Chilo partellus / Sesamia calamistis

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 5 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦟
Critical

Fruit Fly Complex

Bactrocera dorsalis / Ceratitis capitata / Ceratitis cosyra

Flies & Miners

Afecta 8 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦗
Critical

Aphids

Aphis gossypii / Myzus persicae / Aphis craccivora / others

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 9 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪲
Moderate

Banana Weevil (Banana Borer)

Cosmopolites sordidus

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 2 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪲
Moderate

Coffee Berry Borer

Hypothenemus hampei

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 1 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦋
High Risk

Diamondback Moth

Plutella xylostella

Caterpillars & Moths

Afecta 4 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦗
Moderate

Cassava Mealybug

Phenacoccus manihoti

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 1 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦟
Critical

Onion Thrips

Thrips tabaci

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 6 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪲
Moderate

Red Palm Weevil

Rhynchophorus ferrugineus

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 3 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🐛
Moderate

Cotton Pink Bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Caterpillars & Moths

Afecta 1 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪱
Critical

Root-Knot Nematodes

Meloidogyne incognita / M. javanica / M. arenaria

Soil Pests

Afecta 10 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦗
Moderate

Brown Planthopper

Nilaparvata lugens

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 1 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪲
High Risk

Maize Weevil (Sitophilus zeamais)

Sitophilus zeamais

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 4 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦟
High Risk

Tomato Leaf Miner (Tuta absoluta)

Tuta absoluta

Flies & Miners

Afecta 4 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦗
Critical

Desert Locust

Schistocerca gregaria

Locusts

Afecta 9 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🪲
Moderate

Sweet Potato Weevil

Cylas puncticollis / C. brunneus / C. formicarius

Borers & Weevils

Afecta 1 cultivos

Ver guía de control
🦟
High Risk

Asian Citrus Psyllid

Diaphorina citri

Sap-sucking Insects

Afecta 5 cultivos

Ver guía de control