List of olive pests
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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
- Bactrocera oleae (Olive fruit fly),
- Resseliella oleisuga (olive bark midge),
- Prolasioptera berlesiana (olive midge).
Beetles
- 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
- 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[1]),
- 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.