Checklist Insects on Cereals

The following checklist shows insects that are found on cereals in Ethiopia. Insects in the list are sorted by insect order and family.

The most important field pests are marked with an asterisk ((*)).
Storage pests are marked with (s).

ORTHOPTERA

Acrididae

	Aiolopus longicornis	Tef Grasshopper
	Aiolopus simulatrix (Walker)	Clay Grasshopper
	Anacridium melanorhodon (Walker)	Tree Locust
	Catantops sp.
	Kraussaria angulifera (Krauss)	Dagusa Grasshopper
(*)	Locusta migratoria migratorioides (R.& F.)	African Migratory Locust
	Oedaleus senegalensis (Krauss)	Sand Grasshopper
(*)	Schistocerca gregaria (Forskal)	Desert Locust

Gryllidae

Gryllus bimaculatus (De Geer)

Two Spotted Cricket

Pyrgomorphidae

	Phymateus pulcherrimus	Bush Locust
	Zonocerus variegatus (Linnaeus)	Variegated Grasshopper

Tettigoniidae

(*)	Decticoides brevipennis Ragge	Welo Bush Cricket
	Ruspolia differens	Edible Bush Cricket

ISOPTERA

Termitidae

(*)

Macrotermes subhyalinus (Rambur)

Mendi Termite

THYSANOPTERA

Thripidae

Anaphothrips sudanensis (Trybom)

Wheat Ear Thrips

HETEROPTERA

Miridae

Taylorilygus vosseleri (Poppius)

Cotton Lygus

Pentatomidae

(*)	Agonoscelis pubescens (Thunberg)	Cluster Bug
	Nezara immaculata	?
(*)	Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)	Green Stink Bug

HOMOPTERA

Aphididae

(*)	Diuraphis noxia (Mordvilko)	Barley Aphid
	Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas)	Rusty Plum Aphid
	Macrosiphum avenae (F.)	Grain Leaf Aphid
	Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner)	Sugarcane Aphid
	Metopolophium dirhodum (Walker)	Grain Aphid
(*)	Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch)	Maize Aphid
	Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus)	Oat Aphid
(*)	Schizaphis graminum (Rondani)	Wheat Aphid
	Sitobion fragariae (Walker)	Cereal Aphid

Delphacidae

Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead)

Maize Planthopper

LEPIDOPTERA

Gelechiidae

(s)

Sitotroga cerealella Olivier

Angoumois Grain Moth

Noctuidae

	Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel)	Greasy Cutworm
(*)	Busseola fusca (Fuller)	Maize Stalk Borer
(*)	Chrysodeixis acuta (Walker)	Plusia Worm
	Eublemma gayneri (Roths.)	Maize Cobworm
(*)	Helicoverpa armigera Heliothis armigera (Hubner)	American Bollworm
(*)	Mentaxya ignicollis (Walker)	Red Tef Worm
	Sesamia calamistis (Hamps.)	Pink Stalk Borer
	Sesamia cretica	Sorghum Stalk Borer
(*)	Spodoptera exempta (Walker)	African Armyworm
	Spodoptera exigua (Hb.)	Lesser Armyworm

Pyralidae

(*)	Chilo partellus (Swinhoe)	Spotted Stalk Borer
(s)	Ephestia cautella	Almond Moth

DIPTERA

Agromyzidae

Pseudonapomyza asiatica Spencer

Maize Leaf Miner

Anthomyiidae

(*)

Delia arambourgi (Seguy)

Barley Fly

Cecidomyidae

(*)

Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett)

Sorghum Midge

Diopsidae

(*)

Diopsis sp.

Stalk eyed Fly

Muscidae

(*)

Atherigona soccata Rondani

Sorghum Shoot Fly

COLEOPTERA

Bostrychidae

(s)

Rhizopertha dominica (F.)

Lesser Grain Borer

Chrysomelidae

(*)	Erlangerius niger Weise	Black Tef Beetle
	Sesselia abyssiniaca (Ws.)	?
	Sesselia apicalus (Laboiss.)	?

Coccinellidae

	Epilachna chrysomelina	Epilachna Beetle
(*)	Chnootriba similis (Thunberg) Epilachna similis (Thunberg)	Tef Epilachna

Cucujidae

(s)	Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Steph.)	Rusty Grain Beetle
(s)	Cryptolestes pusillus (Schon.)	Flat Grain Beetle

Curculionidae

	Nematocerus sp.	Shiny Cereal Weevil
(s)	Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus)	Grain Weevil
(s)	Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus)	Rice Weevil
(s)	Sitophilus zeamais Motsch.	Maize Weevil
	Tanymecus abyssinicus Mrsh.	Seedling Weevil

Dermestidae

(s)

Trogoderma granarium Everts

Khapra Beetle

Meloidae

Mylabris bifasciata Olivier

Blister Beetle

Scarabaeidae

	Amphimallon spp.	Chafer Grub
	Heteronychus licas	Black Maize Beetle
(*)	Pachnoda interrupta	Sorghum Chafer
	Pachnoda stehelini Schaum	Rose Chafer
	Schizonycha spp.	White Grub

Silvanidae

(s)	Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus)	Sawtoothed Grain Beetle
(s)	Oryzaephilus mercator	Merchant Grain Beetle

Tenebrionidae

	Gonocephalum simplex (F.)	Dusty Brown Beetle
(s)	Tribolium castaneum (Herbst.)	Red Flour Beetle
(s)	Tribolium confusum Jaquelin	Duval Flour Beetle
(s)	Tribolium destructor Uytt	Flour Beetle

Have a look at: proverbs and quotes about insects.

Also see: proverbs and quotes about cereals.