Escarabajos
Potato Flea
Epitrix Similaris
Pathogen:
Insect
Type:
Risk to the plant:
INTERMEDIATE
DESCRIPTION
WHO CAUSES IT?
Epitrix similaris, known as the potato flea, is a beetle that mainly affects potato crops and other vegetables of the Solanaceae family. This insect has a fast life cycle, especially in warm climates. Females lay eggs in the soil near potato plants, and the emerging larvae feed on the roots and tubers. The adults feed on the leaves of the plant, causing small holes in the leaf surface.
SYMPTOMS
The potato flea causes damage to the leaves, roots and tubers of the potato. Symptoms include small holes in leaves, damage to roots and tunneling in tubers. This damage can weaken the plant and reduce the quality and quantity of the harvest.
• Small holes in the leaves of the plant.
• Damage to potato roots.
• Tunneling in the tubercles, causing deformities.
• Decrease in the quality and quantity of the harvest.
TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY
15°C - 30°C
40% - 80%
HOW IS IT SPREAD?
Flight, direct contact with infected plants or tubers, contaminated soil.
HOW TO REMOVE IT?
Home remedies
There are no home treatments
Chemical treatments
• ACETAMIPRID 20% [SP] P/P
• DELTAMETHRIN 1.57% [SC] P/V
• DELTAMETHRIN 2.5% [EW] P/V
Authorized treatments in organic farming
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Insect allies
PREDATORY MITES
LADYBUGS
LACEWINGS
PARASITIC WASPS
HOVERFLIES OR PARASITIC FLIES
PREDATORY BUGS
There are no natural allies
Mycodiplosis oidii (predatory mosquito)
EFFECTIVE PRODUCTS TO ELIMINATE THIS DISEASE
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• Regularly monitor crops to detect the presence of the pest.
• Use monitoring traps to control adult populations.
• Apply specific insecticides according to expert recommendations.
• Rotate crops with non-host plants to interrupt the pest's life cycle.
• Avoid excess moisture in the soil, as it favors the development of larvae.
• Use pest-resistant potato varieties.
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