Biology:List of olive pests

Non-exhaustive list of olive tree pests (Olea europaea L. subsp. europaea).

Insects

Various insect species attack cultivated olive trees, among which the olive fruit fly is the most economically important.

Diptera

Olive fruit fly

• Bactrocera oleae (Olive fruit fly),
• Resseliella oleisuga (olive bark midge),
• Prolasioptera berlesiana (olive midge).

Beetles

Otiorhynchus meridionalis

• Phloeotribus scarabaeoides (olive bark beetle),
• Hylesinus oleiperda (Olive tree hylesin),
• Leperesinus varius (hylesin variable),
• Zeuzera pyrina (pear tree zeuzera),
• Cionus fraxini (ash weevil),
• Otiorhyncus cribricolis (otiorhyncus of the olive tree),
• Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Vine weevil),
• Melalgus confertus (Bostrichidae) California.

Hemiptera

Black olive scale insects.

• Saissetia oleae (black olive scale insect),
• Parlatoria oleae (violet olive scale insect),
• Aspidiotus nerii (oleander scale insect),
• Lepidosaphes ulmi (comma scale insect),
• Aspidiotus hederae (ivy scale insect),
• Aonidiella aurantii (California red scale) California,
• Euphyllura olivina (olive psyllid),
• Aleurolobus olivinus (olive black whitefly),
• Froggattia olivinia Olive lace bug (olive tree bug), a species endemic to Australia),
• Cytosoma schmeltz bladder cicada (cidadella), Australia),
• Froggattia olivinia Olive lace bug, Australia)

• Hemiberlesia rapax (cochineal, Califormia),
• Hemiberlesia lataniae (cochineal, Califormia).

Lepidoptera

• Prays oleae (olive moth),
• Margonia unionalis = Palpita vitrealis (jasmine moth),
• Euzophera pinguis (olive trunk moth),
• Gymnoscelis rufifasciata (Olive moth),
• Metriochroa latifoliella = Oecophyllembius neglectus) (olive leaf miner),
• Epiphyas postvittana (budworm), Australia.

Thysanoptera

• Olive Thrips (Olive thrips),
• Frankliniella occidentalis (Western flower thrips), California.

Arachnids

• Oxyenus maxwelli (Olive mite, Eriophyidae), California.

See also

• List of pests of cultivated plants (fr)

Further reading

• Practical Guide to Crop Protection: Identifying Pests, Basic Crop Protection Principles. Agricultural Technical Coordination Association (ACTA). 1999. ISBN 978-2-85794-182-8. 

External links

• Olive Tree, HYPPZ, Inra.
• Field guide to olive pests, diseases and disorders in Australia, Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation. (Australia)
• Olive - UC IPM Pest Management Guidelines, Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of California.