Table 4.
Insects and nematodes there are most relevant to sugarcane agrosystem in Brazil
| Specie | Order | Common name english (Portuguese) |
|---|---|---|
| Leaf/shoot apex/stalk pests | ||
| Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius, 1794) | Lepidoptera | Sugarcane borer (Broca da cana-de-açúcar) |
| Diatraea flavipennella (Box, 1931) | Lepidoptera | Sugarcane borer (Broca da cana-de-açúcar) |
| Mocis latipes (Guenée, 1852) | Lepidoptera | Striped grassworm (Curuquerê-dos-capinzais) |
| Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith, 1797) | Lepidoptera | Fall armyworm (Lagarta-do-cartucho) |
| Mahanarva posticata (Stal, 1855) | Hemiptera | Spittlebug (Cigarrinha da folha) |
| Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller, 1848) | Hemiptera | Lesser cornstalk borer (Lagarta elasmo) |
| Aclerda campinensis (Hempel, 1934) | Hemiptera | Sugarcane mealybug (Cochonilha parda) |
| Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell, 1895) | Hemiptera | Pink sugarcane mealybug (Cochonilha rosada) |
| Melanaphis sacchari (Zehnter, 1897) | Hemiptera | Sugarcane aphid (Pulgão) |
| Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch, 1856) | Hemiptera | Corn leaf aphid (Pulgão) |
| Atta bisphaerica (Forel, 1908) | Hymenoptera | Giant leaf-cutting ant (Saúva mata-pasto) |
| Atta capiguara (Gonçalves, 1944) | Hymenoptera | Grass cutting ant (Saúva parda) |
| Metamasius hemipterus (Linnaeus, 1765) | Coleoptera | West Indian sugarcane weevil (Besouro-rajado-da-cana) |
| Tomaspis furcata (Germar, 1821) | Hemiptera | Spittlebug (Cigarrinha-das-pastagens) |
| Stool pests | ||
| Mahanarva fimbriolata (Stal, 1854) | Hemiptera | Root froghopper (Cigarrinha da raíz) |
| Telchin licus (Drury, 1773) | Lepidoptera | Giant sugarcane borer (Broca gigante) |
| Hyponeuma taltula (Schaus, 1904) | Lepidoptera | Borer (Broca peluda) |
| Underground pests | ||
| Heterotermes tenuis (Hagen, 1858) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Heterotermes longipes (Snyder, 1924) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Procornitermes triacifer (Silvestri, 1901) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Neocapritermes opacus (Hagen, 1858) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Neocapritermes parvus (Silvestri, 1901) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Syntermes molestus (Burmeister, 1839) | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Cornitermes spp. | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Rhynchotermes spp. | Isoptera | Termite (Cupim) |
| Migdolus fryanus (Westwood, 1863) | Coleoptera | Migdolus beetle (migdolus) |
| Sphenophorus levis (Vaurie, 1978) | Coleoptera | Sugarcane weevil (Bicudo-da-cana) |
| Euetheola humilis (Burmeister, 1847) | Coleoptera | Sugarcane beetle (Pão-de-galinha) |
| Ligyrus bituberculatus (Beauvois, 1805) | Coleoptera | Banana beetle (Pão-de-galinha) |
| Stenocrates laborator (Fabricius., 1775) | Coleoptera | Scarab beetle (Pão-de-galinha) |
| Cyclocephala spp. | Coleoptera | Masked chafers (Besouro) |
| Parasitoids | ||
| Cotesia flavipes (Cameron, 1891) | Hymenoptera | Larval parasitoid (Cotesia) |
| Trichogramma galloi (Zucchi, 1988) | Hymenoptera | Egg parasitoid (Tricograma) |
| Lydella minense (Townsend, 1927) | Diptera | Larval parasitoid (Mosca parasitóide) |
| Billaea claripalpis (Wulp, 1896) | Diptera | Larval parasitoid (Mosca parasitóide) |
| Predators | ||
| Solenopsis saevissima (F. Smith, 1855) | Hymenoptera | Fire ant (Formiga lava-pé) |
| Crematogaster sp. | Hymenoptera | Ant (Formiga) |
| Dorymyrmex sp. | Hymenoptera | Ant (Formiga) |
| Pheidole sp. | Hymenoptera | Ant (Formiga) |
| Doru lineare (Eschscholtz, 1822) | Dermaptera | Linear earwig (Tesourinha) |
| Cycloneda sanguinea (Linnaeus, 1763) | Coleoptera | Ladybird (Joaninha) |
| Other associated insects | ||
| Apis mellifera (Linnaeus, 1758) | Hymenoptera | Honeybee (Abelha) |
| Nematodes | ||
| Meloidogyne incognita (Kofoid and White, 1919) | Tylenchida | Root knot nematode (Nematóide das galhas) |
| Meloidogyne javanica (Treub, 1885) | Tylenchida | Root knot nematode (Nematóide das galhas) |
| Pratylenchus zeae (Graham, 1951) | Pratylenchidae | Dagger nematode (Nematóide-das-lesões) |
| Pratylenchus brachyurus (Godfrey 1929) | Pratylenchidae | Dagger nematode (Nematóide-das-lesões) |
| Helicotylenchus dihystera (Cobb, 1893) | Tylenchida | Spiral nematode (Nematóide-espiralado) |