Description
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Cape jasmine is one of the traditional medicinal plants from the family of Rubiaceae. Roots, stems, leaves, and fruits are used to cure various diseases. In the Indonesian Spices and Medicinal Crops Research Institute (ISMECRI)’s garden, these plants were attacked by various insects. Observations and collection to determine insect species that attack this plant was carried out in the garden of ISMECRI from February to December 2011. Insects in immature stadia were reared to become adults. Insects of Aphidoidea, Coccoidea, and thrips were collected each in a glass bottle containing 70% alcohol, slides were made. Results showed that there were eleven insect species attacked cape jasmine plants, namely Thrips parvispinus Karny (Thysanoptera: Thripidae), Cephonodes picus Cramer (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae), leaf-roller caterpillar-Parotis athysanota Hampson (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), Ferrisia virgata Cockerell (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), bagworms (Lepidoptera: Psychidae), mealybugs-Planococcus minor (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), Parasaissetia nigra (Hemiptera: Coccidae), Sanurus sp. (Hemiptera: Flatidae), Dysmicoccus neobrevipes (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae), Aphis gossypii (Hemiptera: Aphididae), and Kallitaxila granulata (Hemiptera: Tropiduchidae). Among those insects, the most harmful insect was T. parvispinus. Beneficial insects were also found i.e. mantid (Mantodea: Mantidae) and ladybirds Cryptolaemus montrouzieri (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae).
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