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Models: Insects, Mites, Diseases, Plants, and Beneficials

Included here are descriptions of models of pests and plants, including phenologies and management strategies. The information is from published articles and has not necessarily been validated for use in California so use caution in applying the information to field situations.

Insect and mite pests
Beneficial insects and mites
Plant diseases

Nematodes
Weeds
Crops

Insect and mite pests

  • Alfalfa Weevil
  • Apple Maggot
  • Armyworm
  • Artichoke Plume Moth
  • Asparagus Beetle
  • Beet Armyworm
  • Beet Leafhopper
  • Black Cutworm
  • Blackberry Leafhopper
  • Blue Alfalfa Aphid
  • Cabbage Aphid
  • Cabbage Butterfly
  • Cabbage Looper
  • Cabbage Maggot
  • California Red Scale
  • Calocoris norvegicus
  • Carrot Weevil, L. oregonensis
  • Carrot Weevil, L. texanus
  • Celery Looper
  • Cereal Leaf Beetle
  • Citricola Scale
  • Citrus Thrips
  • Citrus Thrips Damage
  • Citrus Red Mite
  • Codling Moth
  • Corn Earworm
  • Corn Leaf Aphid
  • Cotton Aphid
  • Cotton Bollworm
  • Crucifer Flea Beetle
  • Cuban Laurel Thrips
  • Diamondback Moth
  • Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil
  • Elm Leaf Beetle
  • English Grain Aphid
  • European Elm Scale
  • European Red Mite
  • Fruittree Leafroller
  • Fuller Rose Beetle
  • Green Peach Aphid
  • Greenhouse Whitefly
  • Hop Vine Borer
  • Imported Cabbageworm
  • Indian Meal Moth
  • Lilac Borer
  • Lygus Bug
  • Meadow Spittlebug
  • Mediterranean Fruit Fly
  • Melon Fly
  • Mexican Bean Beetle
  • Nantucket Pine Tip Moth
  • Navel Orangeworm
  • Northern Corn Rootworm
  • Obscure Scale
  • Olive Scale
  • Omnivorous Leafroller
  • Onion Maggot
  • Onion Thrips
  • Orange Tortrix
  • Oriental Fruit Fly
  • Oriental Fruit Moth
  • Pacific Spider Mite
  • Pea Aphid
  • Peach Twig Borer
  • Peachtree Borer
  • Pear Psylla
  • Pear Rust Mite
  • Pink Bollworm
  • Plum Fruit Moth
  • Potato Leafhopper
  • Potato Tuberworm
  • Russian Wheat Aphid
  • San Jose Scale
  • Seedcorn Maggot
  • Serpentine Fruit Fly
  • Sod Webworm
  • Spodoptera litura
  • Spongy moth (formerly gypsy moth)
  • Spotted Tentiform Leafminer
  • Spruce Budworm
  • Squash Bug
  • Strawberry Spider Mite
  • Sunflower Beetle
  • Sunflower Moth
  • Sunflower Stem Weevil
  • Sweet Potato Whitefly
  • Tobacco Budworm
  • Tomato Fruitworm
  • Tomato Pinworm
  • Twospotted Spider Mite
  • Variegated Cutworm
  • Vegetable Leafminer, L. sativae
  • Vegetable Leafminer, L. trifolii
  • Western Cherry Fruit Fly
  • Western Grape Leafhopper
  • Western Grapeleaf Skeletonizer
  • Western Pine Shoot Borer

Beneficial insects and mites

  • Anagrus epos
  • Aphytis melinus
  • Bathyplectis curculionis
  • Convergent Lady Beetle
  • Encarsia formosa
  • Metaseiulus occidentalis
  • Sevenspotted Lady Beetle
  • Transverse Lady Beetle
  • Twospotted Lady Beetle
  • Voria ruralis

Plant diseases

This database is a clearinghouse of information about models developed for economically important crop and turf diseases in California. A model is included in the database if it uses weather, host, and/or pathogen data to predict risk of disease outbreak.

  • Plant disease models

Nematodes

  • Columbia Root Knot Nematode
  • Stubby Root Nematode
 

Weeds

  • Black Nightshade
  • Bluegrass
  • Johnsongrass
  • Smooth Crabgrass
  • Wild Oats
  • Yellow Nutsedge

Crop plants

  • ALFALFA 1.4
  • Alfalfa Harvest
  • Citrus Flower
  • Common Bean
  • Grapevine
  • Pistachio Shell Hardening
  • Rose—Flowering Shoots
  • Sweet Corn
  • Tepary Bean

More information

  • How to Manage Pests: Interactive tools and models

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