Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii • Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm), have black heads and yellow-tan wings with a black line across the width • Immature lace bugs are mostly black to black-brown January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch HDOA.PPC@HAWAII.GOV • Eggs are covered with black feces and laid on the undersides of leaves • Underside of leaf showing: • Adults • Eggs and feces
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Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae
A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii
• Adults are about 0.08 inch (2 mm),have black heads and yellow-tanwings with a black line across thewidth
• Immature lace bugs are mostlyblack to black-brown
January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch [email protected]
• Eggs are covered with black fecesand laid on the undersides ofleaves
• Underside of leaf showing:• Adults• Eggs and feces
Avocado Lace Bug Pseudacysta perseae
A New Pest of Avocado in Hawaii
January 7, 2020 Plant Pest Control Branch [email protected]
Top ofinfested avocado leaves
showing yellowing (chlorosis)
Bottom of avocado leaves
infested with
avocado lace bug
Feeding damage showing yellow
blotching (top of leaf)
Scorching damage, adults,
nymphs, eggs, and feces
(bottom of leaf)
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