Controlled Environment Agriculture Pests

Wheat stem sawfly, Cephus cinctus Norton  Order: HymenopteraFamily: Cephidae Description The wheat stem sawfly is a prolific pest to wheat in Colorado, causing extensive damage in the eastern ...

Wheat curl mite, Aceria tosichella Order: AcariFamily: Eriophyidae Description Wheat curl mites are white, cigar-shaped arthropods whose bodies taper near the head and rear. All eriophyid mites ...

Sunflower headclipping weevil, Haplorhynchites aeneus Order: ColeopteraFamily: Attelabidae Description Adults of sunflower headclipping weevil (Haplorhynchites aeneus) are shiny, black, and ...

Stalk borers in corn Order: LepidopteraFamily: Crambidae Description European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis) European corn borer is native to Europe and an introduced species in North America ...

Spider mites in wheat and corn Order: AcariFamily: Tetranychidae Description and life history Brown wheat mite (Petrobia latens) In Colorado, brown wheat mites are most active on drought ...

Pale western cutworm, Agrotis orthogonia Order: LepidopteraFamily: Noctuidae Description Adult moths are light gray and have a wingspan of about 3.8 cm (1.5 inches). The forewings have a white ...

Grasshoppers in gardens and small acreage    Order: OrthopteraFamily: Acrididae Description Grasshoppers are closely related to crickets and katydids. Over 100 species of grasshoppers occur in ...

False chinch bug, Nysius raphanus Order: HemipteraFamily: Lygaeidae Description False chinch bug adults are about 3-4 mm (1/8 - 1/6 inches) long and grayish brown with slender bodies and long ...

Black grass bugs Order: HemipteraFamily: Miridae Description Black grass bugs are an assemblage of insect species from two genera, Irbisia spp. and Lapobs spp. They are small, black true bugs ...

Armyworm, Mythimna unipuncta  Order: LepidopteraFamily: Noctuidae Description The armyworm is a globally distributed pest that attacks crops in North America, from southern Canada to the ...

Army cutworm, Euxoa auxiliaris  Order: LepidopteraFamily: Noctuidae Description The army cutworm is native to the United States and is widely distributed throughout the west. This species is ...

Aphids in alfalfa Order: HemipteraFamily: Aphididae Description There are four aphid species considered to be economically important pests of alfalfa (Medicago sativa) grown in Colorado: the ...

Amauromyza karli Order: Diptera Family: Agromyzidae Description Adults of A. karli are approximately 3 mm in length, have a dark brown thorax and abdomen and distinct yellow heads. The ...

Alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica  Order: ColeopteraFamily: Curculionidae Description  The alfalfa weevil was introduced to the United States from Eurasia and North Africa. In the United States, ...