Feb 29, 2008 07:47
16 yrs ago
German term
Cacaorindenwanzen
German to English
Science
Zoology
Im fruchtbaren und lebensfördernden Klima der Tropen gedeihen alle möglichen Schädlinge; Pilze wie Hexenbesen oder Braunfäulnis der Früchte, dann bedrohen spezialisierte Insekten die Cacaobäume, etwa Bock- und Prachtkäfer, Fruchtfliegen, Schmetterlingsraupen, Cacaorindenwanzen und Cacaoschmierlaus.
Proposed translations
(English)
2 | Cacao pod borer |
David Moore (X)
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5 +1 | cocoa shield bug (Bathycoelia thalassina) |
Ed Beese
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3 | Cacao flat/aradid bug |
Dolores Vázquez
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1 | cocoa (or cacao) mirid |
Hilary Davies Shelby
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Change log
Feb 29, 2008 08:47: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Nutrition" to "Zoology"
Proposed translations
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Cacao pod borer
Low CL, as a "Wanze" is not usually the larva of a moth, but it might be - I can't find any googles for the actual term you give, so it's a possibility.
Here's an extract from a site with the above term (see about line 12):
"....At the same time, cacao farmers are suffering increasing losses due to pests and diseases, especially Phytophthora palmivora Butler (Black Pod Disease) and the Cacao Pod Borer Conopomorpha cramerella Snellen, a moth - both are difficult to control using chemical methods. Cacao cash cropping generates...."
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/43726.html
Here's an extract from a site with the above term (see about line 12):
"....At the same time, cacao farmers are suffering increasing losses due to pests and diseases, especially Phytophthora palmivora Butler (Black Pod Disease) and the Cacao Pod Borer Conopomorpha cramerella Snellen, a moth - both are difficult to control using chemical methods. Cacao cash cropping generates...."
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/43726.html
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
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cocoa (or cacao) mirid
This is purely a guess, but it's a cocoa pest that eats branches!
http://www.icco.org/about/pest.aspx
http://www.icco.org/about/pest.aspx
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Cacao flat/aradid bug
An option.
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cocoa shield bug (Bathycoelia thalassina)
On the site listed below you will find some info on this little guy also known as the green shield bug
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Colin Rowe
: Sounds like "cocoa shield bug" (Bathycoelia thalassina) could be the chap we are looking for, but caution with "green shield bug" as this can also refer to the "Palomena prasina" which is common in Britain and has nothing to do with cocoa.
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thanks for the information - another sign that the Internet is not infallible
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