German term
Cacaorindenwanzen
2 | Cacao pod borer | David Moore (X) |
5 +1 | cocoa shield bug (Bathycoelia thalassina) | Ed Beese |
3 | Cacao flat/aradid bug | Dolores Vázquez |
1 | cocoa (or cacao) mirid | Hilary Davies Shelby |
Feb 29, 2008 08:47: Steffen Walter changed "Field (specific)" from "Nutrition" to "Zoology"
Proposed translations
Cacao pod borer
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
cocoa (or cacao) mirid
http://www.icco.org/about/pest.aspx
Cacao flat/aradid bug
cocoa shield bug (Bathycoelia thalassina)
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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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