Search
- Home
- Profiles
- Gravois, Kenneth
- Articles
- West Indian Canefly - Biology and Control Measures
The West Indian canefly has been known to be a damaging pest of sugarcane in Jamaica and other parts of the Carribbean. The insect pest was first reported in Louisiana in 1944, with major outbreaks in 1969, 1997, 2012, and 2016. Outbreaks in Louisiana sugarcane may be related to warm winter temperatures without a hard freeze.
The canefly is a sap feeder and will excrete honeydew after feeding on the leaves. Sooty mold soon develops by fungi that feed on the honeydew.
Click on on the PDF above for more information on the biology and control of the West Indian canefly.
The LSU AgCenter and the LSU College of Agriculture
