Table 1.
Insects associated with sweetpotato fields in Uganda (based on insect collection and rearing facility at NaCRRI and literature review)
| Order | Family | Species | Common name | Importance | Abundance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coleoptera | Brentidae | Cylas puncticolis | African Sweetpotato weevil | Major Pest | Common |
| Cylas brunneus | African Sweetpotato weevil | Major Pest | Common | ||
| Scarabeidae | Phyllophaga spp. | White grub | Pest | Common | |
| Meloidae | Epicauta spp. | Blister beetle | Pest | Common during flowering | |
| Curculionidae | Peloropus batatae | Peloropus Weevil | Pest | Fairly common | |
| Blosyrus obliguatus | Rough Sweetpotato weevil | Major Pest | Fairly common | ||
| Alcidodes dentipes | Striped Sweetpotato weevil | Pest | Fairly Common | ||
| Coccinellidae | Delphastus catalinae | Ladybird beetle | Predator | Common | |
| Chrysomelidae | Aspidomorpha spp. | Tortoise shell beetle | Major Pest | Common | |
| Elateridae | Hapatesus spp. | Wireworm | Pest | Common | |
| Carabidae | Poecilus chalcites | Ground beetle | Predator | Common | |
| Staphylinidae | Aleochara bilineata | Rove beetle | Predator | Common | |
| Lepidoptera | Nymphalidae | Acraea acerata | Sweetpotato butterfly | Major Pest | Common |
| Synanthedon dascyeles | Clearwing Moth | Major Pest | Common | ||
| Crambidae | Leucinodes orbonalis | Eggplant fruit borer | Pest | Rare | |
| Noctuidae | Agrotis subterranea | Granulate cutworm | Pest | Fairly common | |
| Spodoptera spp. | Armyworm | Major Pest | Common | ||
| Sphingidae | Agrius cingulata | Sweetpotato hornworm | Major Pest | Fairly Common | |
| Agrius convolvuli | Sweetpotato moth | Pest | Fairly Common | ||
| Hippotion celerio | Taro hawkmoth | Pest | Fairly Common | ||
| Isoptera | Termitidae | Macrotermes bellicosus | Termite | Pest | Common |
| Orthoptera | Gryllidae | Gryllus spp. | Field cricket | Pest | Common |
| Pyrgomoriphidae | Zonocerous variegatus | Elegant grasshopper | Pest | Common | |
| Acrididae | Attractomorpha psitticina | Slant-faced grasshopper | Pest | Rare | |
| Locusta migratoria | Migratory locust | Pest | Rare | ||
| Hemiptera | Aleyrodidae | Bemisia tabaci | Sweetpotato whitefly | Pest/vector | Common |
| Aphididae | Myzus persicae | Aphid | Pest/vector | Fairly common | |
| Macrosiphum euphorbiae | Potato aphid | Pest | Common | ||
| Coreidae | Leptoglossus gonagra | Squash bug | Pest | Common | |
| Pentatomidae | Nezara viridula | Green stink bug | Pest | Common | |
| Reduviidae | Sycanus spp. | Assassin bug | Predator | Common | |
| Dermaptera | Forficuliidae | Doru taeniatum | Earwig | Predator | Common |
| Hymenoptera | Ichneumonidae | Charops spp. | Ichneumon wasp | Parasitoid | Common |
| Braconidae | Meteorus autographae | Braconid wasp | Parasitoid | Common | |
| Apidae | Apis mellifera | Honeybee | Pollinator | Common | |
| Diptera | Tachinidae | Caricelia normula | Tachinid fly | Parasitoid | Common |