Ụdị nwanne nwanyị nwere kukumba beetle (Acalymma vittatum) na ebe ọdịda anyanwụ kukumba ebe (Acalymma trivittatum) bụ nnukwu pests na ihe ọkụkụ na ezinụlọ Cucurbitaceae, nke gụnyere squash, gourds, cucumbers, na melons. Ebe na-ebikarị na US, Canada na Mexico. Mmebi nwere ike igbu osisi, gbochie mkpụrụ osisi, na-ebufe ọrịa nje, ma mee ka mkpụrụ ghara ịre ahịa.
Ebe ndị okenye maara nke ọma n'ịchọ ngwa ngwa na ịchịkọta ihe ọkụkụ ha họọrọ ka ha rie. Ụmụ nwanyị na-edina akwa n'okpuru osisi cucurbit n'okpuru ala. Mgbe okpuchara, larvae na-eri nri na mgbọrọgwụ, pupate na ala, na-apụta dị ka ọgbọ na-esote ndị okenye.
Ndị na-eto eto na-ejikarị ụmụ ahụhụ sịntetik (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, na neonicotinoids) na-ejikwa enwe kukumba. Agbanyeghị, kemịkalụ ndị a nwere ike ịla n'iyi ka oge na-aga ka ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị ebe na-etolite nguzogide. Ọzọkwa, ha nwere ike inwe mmetụta na-emerụ ahụ na ụmụ ahụhụ ndị na-abaghị uru, gụnyere aṅụ skwọsh, bumblebees, na aṅụ mmanụ aṅụ na-achịkwa nke na-emetọ ihe ọkụkụ cucurbit. Nhọrọ nchịkwa nke organic (ụrọ kaolin, pyrethrins, na spinosyns) na-egosi arụmọrụ na-ekwekọghị ekwekọ na mgbe mgbe. Ijikwa enwe kukumba n'ubi cucurbit ga-etinyerịrị usoro njikwa ndị ọzọ.
Nchọpụta a na-enyocha usoro ndu, usoro ndụ, mmebi, na usoro dị ugbu a na enwere ike ijikwa pests cucurbit ndị a dị mkpa.
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Nhota: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Grettenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Kukumba Beetle na-adọkpụ na Western Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 12, mbipụta 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.