Mango Flashcards
Oecophylla smaragdina
Ants
Ant infestation are encouraged by
Mealy bugs, scale insects
Doesnt harm the tree or fruit but bites the farmers inflicting stings
Oecophylla smaragdina
Lygocoris pabulinus
Capsid bug
Adult insext look like small rice bug, bugs stay in wild vegetation
And is nocturnal, feeds on developing fruits
Lygocoris pabulinus
Excretes toxic materials that produce brown spots
(Aka kurikong saksakwalis armalite)
Lygocoris pabulinus
Alternate hosts: cashew, cacao, guava
Lygocoris pabulinus
Ceratitis cosyra
Mango fruit fly
Body is similar in size of a house fly
Mango fruit fly
Damage on the fruits starts during egg laying, after 4-5 days
Produces soft brownish spots
With liquid ooze
Ceratitis cosyra
Alternate hosts: guava jack fruit papaya santol
Ceratitis cosyra
Mango cecid fly
Procontarinia mangivora
Small delicate fly, long legs
Maggots are yellow
Procontarinia mangivora
Adult stays in vegetation
While larvaes are in fruits
Procontarinia mangivora
Larvaes causes gall formation around leaves and sunken spot on fruit
Procontarinia mangivora
Mango leafhopper
Amritodus
atkinsoni
wedged shaped insects which are grayish green or brown
Nymphs are wingless,
Hides underneath the leaves
Main stalk of pannicle
Amritodus atkinsoni
Sucks plant saps resulting in withering and fall of individual flowers
High infestations produces honeydew
Mango leafhopper
MANGO PULP WEEVIL
Sternochetus
frigidus
Hard bodied, 6mm long
Due to its color it cannot be seen easily
Sternochetus frigidus
Feeds on the mango flesh inside the fruit
Sternochetus frigidus
Only found in southern palawan
But because of its destructive nature the island is on quarantine
Mangoes from this island is not allowed outside the province
Sternochetus frigidus
Damage is not visible externally
But inside the fruit is discolored pulp and tunnels due to larva feeding
Sternochetus frigidus
Mango seed borer
Deanolis albizonalis