Alfalfa pests
Alfalfa pests
, pests specifically linked to
alfalfa
by name, may be:
Insects
Blue alfalfa aphid
(
Acyrthosiphon kondoi
)
Alfalfa bug
(
Piezodorus guildinii
) a stink bug
Alfalfa plant bug
(
Adelphocoris lineolatus
)
Alfalfa butterfly
and
alfalfa caterpillar
(
Colias eurytheme
) a butterfly
Alfalfa looper
(
Autographa californica
) a moth
Alfalfa moth
(
Cydia medicaginis
) a moth
Alfalfa leaf tier
(
Dichomeris acuminata
) a moth that rolls alfalfa leaves
Alfalfa webworm (
Loxostege commixtalis
) a moth
Alfalfa webworm (
Loxostege cereralis
) a moth
Alfalfa weevil
(
Hypera postica
)
Other
Alfalfa cyst nematode
(
Heterodera medicaginis
)
Alfalfa dodder
(
Cuscuta approximata
) a parasitic plant
Large-seeded alfalfa dodder
(
Cuscuta campestris
) a parasitic plant
See also
List of alfalfa diseases
Alfalfa leafcutter bee
(
Megachile rotundata
) which pollinates alfalfa
References
↑
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.
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↑
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.
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.
↑
"Acyrthosiphon kondoi (Blue alfalfa aphid) identification, images, ecology, control"
.
influentialpoints.com
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.
↑
"EENY682/IN1176: Redbanded Stink Bug, Red-Banded Stink Bug, Smaller Green Stink Bug (suggested common names) Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)"
.
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[
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↑
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.
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↑
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.
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↑
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.
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.
↑
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–
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.
↑
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↑
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.
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↑
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.
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.
↑
"IPM
: Field Crops
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.
ipm.illinois.edu
. Archived from
the original
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.
↑
Gerber, Karin; Maas, P. W. Th. (1982).
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.
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↑
"Information about Smoothseed Alfalfa Dodder - Cuscuta draba"
.
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↑
Pitts Singer, Theresa; Bosch, Jordi (2010).
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