Insect pests of citrus in Bangladesh Sl. No. Name of Crops Name of insect pests Scientific name Status 1 Lemon (Elachi lebu) Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly Papilio polytes L. Minor Citrus Leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus citri (Risso) Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus virgatus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe Minor Citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus whitefly Dialeurodes citri Ashmead Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Bark and stem borer Indarbela quadrinotata () Minor Citrus stem borer Chelidonium cinctum Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Termite Odontotermes obesus Rambur Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 2 Lime (Kagozi lebu) Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly Papilio polytes L. Minor Citrus Leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus citri (Risso) Minor
Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus virgatus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus Woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus Leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Bark and stem borer Indarbela quadrinotata () Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Termite Odontotermes obesus Rambur Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 3 Mandarin (Kamala) Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Minor Lemon butterfly Papilio polytes L. Minor Citrus Leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskell Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus citri (Risso) Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus virgatus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Orange fruitfly Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel Major Citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolombe Minor Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Orange bug Rhynchocoris humeralis Thunberg Minor Orange spined bug Biprorulus bibax Breddin Major Bark and stem borer Indarbela quadrinotata () Minor Citrus stem borer Chelidonium cinctum Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor
Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Major Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus citri (Risso) Major Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus virgatus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Orange fruitfly Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel Minor Citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Bark and stem borer Indarbela quadrinotata () Minor Citrus stem borer Chelidonium cinctum Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Termite Odontotermes obesus Rambur Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 6 Citrone (Jamir) Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly P. polytes L. Minor Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 7 Satkara Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly P. polytes L. Minor Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major
Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 8. lebu Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly P. polytes L. Minor Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor 9 Jara lebu Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. Major Lemon butterfly P. polytes L. Minor Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella St. Major Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskel Minor Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq. Minor Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell Minor Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana Minor Citrus black fly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby Minor
Citrus leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton Minor Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton Minor Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. Minor List of Insect Pests distribution of Citrus in Bangladesh (Crop wise) Sl. No. Common name Scientific name (family and order) Name of the crops attacked Status 1 Lemon butterfly Papilio demoleus L. (Papilionidae: Lepidoptera) Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Sweet orange & other citrus Major 2 Lemon butterfly Papilio polytes L. (Papilionidae: Lepidoptera) Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Sweet orange Minor 3 Citrus leaf miner Phyllocnistis citrella (Phyllocnistidae: Lepidoptera) All Citrus Major 4 Citrus red scale Aonidiella aurantii Maskell (Coccidae: Hemiptera) All Citrus Minor 5. Citrus yellow scale Aonidiella citrina Coq (Coccidae: Hemiptera) All Citrus Minor 6 Citrus mealy bug Pseudococcus filamentosus Cockrell (Pseudococcidae: Homoptera) All Citrus Major 7 Citrus psyllid bug Diaphornia citri Kuwayana (Psyllidae: Homoptera) All Citrus Minor 8 Orange fruitfly Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel (Tephritidae: Diptera) Mandarin, Sweet orange, Pummelo Major 9 Citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii Boyer de Fonscolambe (Aphididae: Homoptera) Mandarin, Sweet orange, Lemon Major 10 Citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby (Aleyrodidae: Homoptera) All Citrus Minor 11 Citrus Leaf folder Psorosticha zizyphi Stainton (Oecophoridae: Lepidoptera) All Citrus Minor 12 Orange bug Rhynchocoris humeralis Thunberg (Pentatomidae: Hemiptera) Mandarin Minor 13 Orange spined bug Biprorulus bibax Breddin (Pentatomidae: Hemiptera) Major 14 Bark and Stem borer Indarbela quadrinotata () (Metarbelidae: Lepidoptera) Mandarin, Sweet orange, Lemon, Lime, Pummelo and other Minor
citrus 15 Citrus Stem borer Chelidonium cinctum (Cerambycidae: Coleoptera) Lemon, Mandarin, Sweet orange, Pummelo and other citrus Minor 16 Thrips Scirtothrips citri Moulton (Thripidae: Thysanoptera) All Citrus Minor 17 Termite Odontotermes obesus Rambur (Termitidae: Isoptera) All Citrus Minor 18 Citrus red mite Tetranychus spp. (Tetranychidae: Acarina) Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Sweet orange & other citrus Minor Figure-1: Photographs of Major Insect pests of Citrus
Diseases of citrus with causal organism in Bangladesh SL. No Crop Disease Causal Organism Status 1 Lemon (Elachi lebu) Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Black rot Guignardia citricarpa Minor Canker Xanthomonas campestris Major Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similis Minor 2 Lime (Kagozi lebu) Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Minor Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Black rot Guignardia citricarpa Minor Brown spot Cercospora angolensis Minor Canker Xanthomonas campestris Minor Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similis Minor 3 Pummelo (Batabi Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Major
lebu) Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similis Minor 4 Mandarin (Kamala) Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Minor Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Black rot Guignardia citricarpa Minor Canker Xanthomonas campestris Major Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Dry rot Rhizoctonia/Fusarium spp. Major Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similis Minor 5 Sweet orange () Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Minor Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Minor Brown spot Cercospora angolensis Minor Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similes Minor 6 Citrone (Jamir) Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Minor Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Minor Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Black-spot Guignardia citricarpa Minor Brown spot Cercospora angolensis Minor Canker Xanthomonas campestris Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similes Minor 7 Satkara Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Minor Scab Elsinoe facettii Minor Canker Xanthomonas axonopodis Minor Sooty mold Capnodium spp Major Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similes Minor 8 lebu Canker Xanthomonas campestris Major Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Major
Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Sooty mold Capnodium spp Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similes Minor 9 Jara lebu Canker Xanthomonas campestris Minor Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Major Scab Elsinoe facetii Minor Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Minor Sooty mold Capnodium spp Minor Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., Radopholus similes Minor Crop wise distribution of Citrus disease in Bangladesh Sl. No. Disease Causal Organism Affected Citrus 1 Die-back Colletotrichum spp. Lemon, Lime, , Jamir 2 Canker Xanthomonas campestris Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Jamir 3 Gummosis Phytophthora citrophthora Lime, , Pummelo, Jamir 4 Scab Elsinoe facetii Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Jamir 5 Black rot Guignardia citricarpa Lemon, Lime, Mandarin, Jamir 6 Greening Greening Fastidious Bacteria (GFB) Lemon, Lime, , Jamir 7 Brown spot Cercospora angolensis Lemon, , Jamir 8 Blue/Green mold Penicillium sp. , Lemon, Lime 9 Sooty mould Capnodium sp. Mandarin, Malta, Satkara, Jara lebu, Ada lebu 10 Pink Botrybasidium salmonicolor Mandarin, Malta, Jara lebu, Ada lebu 11 Nematode Tylenchus semepenitrans, Pratylenchus sp., All Citrus