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Pests and diseases of Banana identifying pests and diseases early can help you to better control and manage them. Pests and diseases that affect the banana industry are listed below. Pests  Banana rhizome weevil: Cosmopolitus sordidus Germar (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Banana stem weevil: Odoiporus longicollis Olivier (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) Banana leaf eating caterpiller : Spodoptera litura Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Banana aphid: Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel (Hemiptera: Aphididae) Banana thrips: Rust thrips: Cheatanophothrips signipennis Bagnall (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Leaf thrips: Helionothrips kadaliphilus Ramak (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Flower thrips: Thrips florum Schumtz (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) Banana leaf and fruit scarring beetle: Nodostoma (Basilepta) subcostatum Jac. (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) Banana lacewing bug: Stephanitis typicus Distant (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Diseases Panama wilt: Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (E.F.Sm.) W.C.Sn...