Preliminary pest list 1

(No. 1-99)

(for northern Namibia)
Updated: 28 June 2003

Temporary pest names are only used for local identification until a species is identified.

ID-no.	Temporary name	Type	Notes
1	CMR-beetle Mylabris oculata	beetle	25 mm long
2	Blister beetle Decapotoma decorata	beetle	15 mm long
3	Tsandi beetle Actenodia chrysomelina	beetle	11 mm long
4	Striped beetle Ceroctis phalerata	beetle	9 mm long
5	Spotted beetle Actenodia jucunda	beetle	10-11 mm. The small species
6	Large spotted beetle Mylabris burmeisteri	beetle	16 mm. Large species from cotton, Tsumeb
7	Mahenene beetle Mylabris dentata	beetle	16 mm
8	Black beetle Cylindriflorax Thoracica	beetle	19 mm
9	Yellow-black beetle Lyolomorphus optatus	beetle	14-15 mm from grasses and lights.
10	Monkey beetle Outenica thoracica	beetle	7 mm
11	Underground larvae	beetle	60 mm long larvae, living underground
12	Melon bug 1 Coridius viduatus	bug	20 mm. The most common type.
13	Melon bug 2 Coridius nubilus	bug	20 mm, black with orange antennae tips, only recorded on a few sites in Oshakati and Ongwediva yet.
14	Clavigralla	bug	Clavigralla
15	Brown bug Pentatomidae	bug	14 mm. Specimens from Eefa 28-I-98 and on Pearl Millet heads at Mahenene 20-I-2001.
16	Green Stinkbug Nezara viridula	bug	15 mm, (see also nymph stage: ID-20)
17	Leaf footed tip wilter	bug	18 mm. Onankali RDC on Grenadilla
18	Tip wilter 1 Anoplocnemis curvipes	bug	23 mm. Mainly on cowpea
19	Tip wilter 2	bug	35 mm. Large species on Combretum imberbe.
20	Green-black bug	bug	10 mm. Round type, possibly a young form of another species (Nezara)
21	Omhakoya bug	bug	17 mm.
22	Bagrada bug Bagrada hilaris	bug	7 mm.
23	Red Mashare bug Locris arithetica	bug	12 mm, may not be a pest at all
24	Orange-white bug	bug	16 mm. Reduviidae
25	Mylabris Mylabris tincta	beetle	16 mm.
26	Cucurbit beetle Prosmidia lugubris	beetle	8 mm. Simonsvlei, (Eunda)
27	False wireworm	beetle	Also called ombava, see ID-68
28	African Armyworm Spodoptera exempta	moth
29	American Bollworm Helicoverpa armigera	moth	Wing span 42 mm
30	Leaf miner	moth	L: 18-20 mm long. Common on cereals, very similar to Maize webworm
31	Armoured bush cricket Acanthoplus discoidalis	cricket
32	Chilo	moth	either two species hatched or male/female differences
33	Fusca	moth	Not fusca
34	Sorghum smut	disease
35	Pearl Millet smut	disease
36	Bean fly	fly
37	Red spider mite	mite
38	Russet mite	mite
39	Cabbage webworm 1 Hellula undalis	moth	Hellula undalis, see also No.90: Cabbage webworm 2)
40	Diamond back moth	moth
41	Fruit fly 1	fly	the wasp-shaped, brown with yellow spots, clear wings
42	Fruit fly 2	fly	metallic-blue eyes, mainly late season and on marula
43	Spinach moth Spoladea recurvalis	moth	L: 20-25 mm long, pale green larva with dark green dorsal stripe. Head pale brown.
44	Ombidi moth	moth
45	Ombidi miner	moth? fly?	Only seen once on Ombidi = Omboga, (Cleome gynandra)
46	Root Knot nematode	nematode	mainly on tomato and vegetables
47	Hawkmoth 1	moth	H. convolvuli, 83 mm
48	Hawkmoth 2 Acherontia atropos	moth
49	Sweet potato moth Helcystogramma convolvuli	moth	black and white striped caterpillar
50	Sweet potato weevil	beetle
51	Citrus swallow tail	butterfly	Princeps demodocus demodocus
52	Citrus brown scale	scale
53	Bark borer	beetle	on Guava
54	Red Marula caterpillar	moth	Not identified
55	Marula beetle	beetle	12 mm long grey beetle with black dots
56	Red mopane caterpillar	moth	see the museum webpage
57	Mopane bagworm	moth	not identified, 4 cm long bags
58	Mopane worm 1	moth	(Gonimbrasia or Imbrasia belina)
59	Mopane worm 2	moth	(large green caterpillar)
60	Flamboyant bagworm	moth
61	Australian bug	bug
62	Cowpea bruchid	beetle	2-3 mm long. +parasite fly
63	Striga 1 Striga hermonthica	weed	Large pale-red species
64	Striga 2 Striga asiatica	weed	Medium sized dark-red species
65	Striga 3 Striga gesnerioides	weed	on cowpea (see also No. 73)
66	Hover fly	fly	beneficial insect, feeding on maize aphids
67	Maize aphids	aphid
68	Ombava Achyra massalis	moth	L: 10-11mm
69	Rhino bug	bug	on eggplant. a Treehopper?
70	Cabbage aphid	aphid
71	Corcyra cephalonica	moth	L: 15 mm
72	Red flour beetle Tribolium	Beetle	L: 6-7 mm
73	Parasitic weed	weed	on Cowpea, yellow flowers, Alectra vogelii
74	Larger Grain Borer Prostephanus truncata	Beetle
75	Sitotroga	Moth	Storage pest on pearl millet and sorghum seed
76	Devil's Thorn looper	Moth	not identified
77	Sand bagworm	Moth	Bagworm with a bag made of sand
78	Prodotis stolida (F.)	Moth	Dark brown and white moth. Present all over northern Namibia.
79	Tree moth Uresiphita gilvata	Moth	30 mm green caterpillars with white hairs. Found on leguminous garden trees in Oshakati.
80	Red bollworm	Moth
81	Bagrada 2	bug	Found on a tree in Oshakati
82	Rainbow beetle	beetle	on Malvacae flowers
83	Spiny bollworm Earias insulana	moth	Earias sp. Found in cotton bolls
84	Cotton stainer	bug	similar to Dysdercus sp.
85	Red Malvaceae beetle	beetle	red beetle on Malvaceae flowers
86	Powdery mildew	Fungus	on cucurbits
87	Aphid	aphid	Black aphids on bambaranut and cowpea
88	Soil larvae	?	larvae on legumes, damaging roots and pods
89	Bambaranut leaf miner	Moth	Microlepidoptera caterpillars on leaves of Bambara groundnut, maybe more than one species involved.
90	Cabbage webworm 2	Moth	A second species on cabbage? (see also No 39: Cabbage webworm 1)
91	Nematodes	Nematodes	nematodes on bambaranut
92	Bauhinia bagworm	Moth	6 cm long bags on Bauhinia
93	Bambaranut disease	disease	bronzing leaves of bambaranut
94	Bambaranut mildew	fungus	powdery mildew on bambaranut
95	Bambaranut moth	Moth	Unknown moth on bambaranut
96	Long red bug	Bug	15 mm, on Pearl millet heads and scattered on green vegetation.
97	Common turntail Eutelia polychorda	Moth	on all kinds of vegetation ssame as No. 102 Turntail 2
98	Unknown	?	Damage of sweet potato tubers
99	Round red bug	bug	Onankali Nursery on sausage tree seedlings

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