Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables
Scouting Guides for Problems of Vegetables

Tobacco Flea Beetle on Solanaceous Crops

Tobacco Flea Beetle on Solanaceous Crops

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Tobacco flea beetle (Epitrix hirtipennis). The tobacco flea beetle is about 1⁄10 inch long and yellowish brown with a dark band across its wings. They attack solanaceous crops, leaving small round holes in the leaves, and may destroy entire leaves. Potentially, they can be serious pests early in the season when the plants are less than 4 to 6 inches tall. As they grow, larger plants can withstand substantial flea beetle damage without loss of yield.

Tobacco flea beetle.

Tobacco flea beetle.

(Photo: Clemson University USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, Bugwood.org)

   

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