Handbook of vegetable pests / John L. Capinera.

Includes glossary, references and index.

Introduction----
North American Vegetable Crops | What Are the Major Vegetable Crops? | Characteristics of the Major Vegetable Crops | Insects and Insect Relatives | Frequency of Pests Among the Major | Insect Orders | Order Coleoptera | Order Dermaptera | Order Diptera | Order Hemiptera | Order Homoptera | Order Hymenoptera | Order Lepidoptera | Order Orthoptera | Order Thysanoptera | Noninsect Invertebrate Pests | Pest Management Philosophyand Practices | What Is a Pest? | How Damaging Are Pests? The Types of Insect Injury | Pest Management Philosophy | Pest Management Practices

Pest Identification----
General Considerations | Why Identification is so Important

Quick Guides to Major Groups of Insect Pests---
Orders of Insects | Coleoptera—Beetles | Diptera—Flies | Hemiptera—Bugs | Homoptera—Aphids, Leaf- and Planthoppers, etc. | Lepidoptera—Moths and Butterflies | Orthoptera—Grasshoppers and Crickets | Non-insect Pests

Guides to Pests Arranged by---
Vegetable Crops | Artichoke (family Cqmpositae) | Asparagus (family Liliaceae) | Bean and Related Crops (family Leguminosae) | Beet and Related Crops (family Chenopodiaceae) | Cabbage and Related Crops (family Cruciferae) | Carrot and Related Crops (Family Umbelliferae) | Lettuce and Related Crops (Family Compositae) | Okra (Family Malvaceae) | Onion and Related Crops (Family Alliaceae) | Rhubarb (Family Polygonaceae) Squash and Related Crops (Family Cucurbitae) | Sweet Corn (Family Graminae) | Sweet Potato (Family Convolvulaceae) | Tomato and Related Crops (Family Solanaceae)

Class Insecta—Insects--
Order Coleoptera—Beetles, Weevils, White | Grubs and Wire worms | Family Bruchidae—Seed Beetles and Weevils
Bean Weevil, Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say); Broadbean Weevil, Bruchus rufimanus Boheman; Cowpea Weevil, Callosobniclius maculatus (Fabricius) and Southern Cowpea Weevil, Callosobruclnis chinensis (Linnaeus)
Pea Weevil, Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus)

Family Carabidae—Ground Beetles--
Seedcorn Beetle, Stenolophus comma (Fabricius), Seedcorn Beetle, Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir) and Slender Seedcorn
Beetle, CHvina impressifrons LeConte

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily
Alticinae—Flea Beetles; Cabbage Flea Beetle, Phiyllotreta albionica LeConte; Corn Flea Beetle, Chaetocnema pulicaria
Melsheimer and Toothed Flea Beetle, Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger); Crucifer Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta cruciferae (Goeze)
Desert Corn Flea Beetle, Chaetocnema ectypa Horn; Eggplant Flea Beetle, Epitrix fuscula Crotch; Hop Flea Beetle, Psylliodes punctulata Melsheimer; Horseradish Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta armoraciae (Koch); Palestriped Flea Beetle, Systena blanda Melsheimer and Elongate Flea Beetle, Systena elongata (Fabricius); Potato Flea Beetle, Epitrix cucumeris (Harris) and Western Potato Flea Beetle, Epitrix subcrinita LeConte; Redheaded Flea Beetle, Systena frontalis (Fabricius) and Smartweed Flea Beetle, Systena hudsonias (Forster); Spinach Flea Beetle, Disonycha xanthomelas (Dalman), Threespotted Flea Beetle,
Disonycha triangularis (Say) and Yellownecked Flea Beetle, Disonycha niellicollis Say; Striped Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) and Western Striped Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta ramosa (Crotch); Sweclpotato Flea Beetle, Chaetocnema
confinis Crotch; Tobacco Flea Beetle, Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer) and Southern Tobacco
Flea Beetle,Epitrix tuberis Blatchley; Tuber Flea Beetle, Epitrix tuberis Gentner; Western Black Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta
pusilla Horn; Zimmermann's Flea Beetle, Phyllotreta zimmermanni (Crotch)

Family Chrysomelidae, Subfamily
Cassidinae—Tortoise Beetles
Argus Tortoise Beetle, Chelymorpha cassidea (Linnaeus), Blacklegged Tortoise Beetle, Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier), Golden Tortoise Beetle, Charidotella bieolor (Fabricius), Mottled Tortoise Beetle, Deloyala guttata (Olivier) and Striped Tortoise Beetle, Agroiconota bevittata (Say); Eggplant Tortoise Beetle, Gratiana pallidula (Boheman)

Family Chrysomelidae, Several Subfamilies—Leaf Beetles
Asparagus Beetle, Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus); Banded Cucumber Beetle, Diabrotica balteata LeConte; Bean Leaf Beetle, Cerotoma trifurcata (Forster); Colorado Potato Beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say); Grape Colaspis, Colaspis brunnea
(Fabricius); Northern Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica barberi Smith and Lawrence; Red Turnip Beetle, Entomoscelis americana
Brown; Spotted Asparagus Beetle, Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus); Spotted Cucumber Beetle,,Diabrotica undecimpunctata Mannerheim; Striped Cucumber Beetle, Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) and Western Striped Cucumber Beetle, Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim); Sweetpotato Leaf Beetle, Typophorus nigritus (Crotch); Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera LeConte; Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle, Microtheca ochroloma Stal

Family Curculionidae—Billbugs, Curculios and Weevils
Family Coccinellidae—Lady Beetles
Family Elateridae—Click Beetles and Wireworms
Family Meloidae—Blister Beetles
Family Nitidulidae—Sap Beetles
Family Scarabaeidae—Scarab Beetles and White Grubs
Family Tenebrionidae—Eiarkling Beetles and False Wireworms

Order Dermaptera—Earwigs
Order Diptera—Flies and Maggots
Order hemiptera--Bugs
Order Homoptera--Aphids, Leaf-and Planthoppers, Psyllids and Whiteflies
Order Hymenoptera--Ants and Sawflies
Order Lepidoptera--Caterpillars, Moths and Butterflies
Order Orthoptera--Grasshoppers and Crickets
Order Thysanoptera--Thrips

Other Invertebrate Pests
Class Acari—Mites; Class Collembola—Springtails; Class Diplopoda—Millipedes; Class Isopoda—Pillbugs and Sowbugs; Class Gastropoda—Slugs and Snails; Class Symphyla—Symphylans