ʻO nā ʻano ʻano kaikuahine ʻo ka pīkī kukumba ʻoniʻoni (Acalymma vittatum) a me ka pīkī kukama kaha komohana (Acalymma trivittatum) nā mea ʻeha nui i nā mea kanu ma ka ʻohana Cucurbitaceae, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻeke, ʻumeke, kukama, a me nā meloni. Noho ka nui o nā pīkī ma US, Canada a me Mexico. Hiki i ka pōʻino ke pepehi i nā mea kanu, pale i ka hoʻonohonoho hua, hoʻouna i nā pathogens, a hoʻolilo i nā hua i mea kūʻai ʻole.
Ua kaulana nā pīkī makua i ka ʻimi wikiwiki ʻana a me ka hōʻuluʻulu ʻana i kā lākou mea kanu makemake e hānai. A laila waiho nā wahine i nā hua ma ke kumu o nā mea kanu cucurbit ma lalo o ka ʻili lepo. Ma hope o ka hāʻule ʻana, ʻai nā ʻōpuʻu i nā aʻa, pupa i ka lepo, a puka mai ma ke ʻano he hanauna hou o nā mākua.
Hoʻohana maʻamau ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā insecticides synthetic (organophosphates, carbamates, pyrethroids, a me neonicotinoids) no ka mālama ʻana i nā pipi kukumba. Eia nō naʻe, hiki i kēia mau mea kemika ke nalowale i ka maikaʻi i ka wā e ulu ana ka nui o ka pipi. Eia kekahi, hiki iā lākou ke loaʻa nā hopena pōʻino ma luna o nā inike pono ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, e like me nā nalo squash, bumblebees, a me nā nalo meli mālama ʻia e pollinate i nā mea kanu cucurbit. ʻO nā koho hoʻomalu organik (kaolin clay, pyrethrins, a me spinosyns) hōʻike i ka maikaʻi ʻole a i kaupalena ʻia. No laila, pono e ho'okomo i nā hana ho'omalu 'ē a'e i ka ho'omalu 'ana i nā pipi kukumba ma luna o nā mea kanu cucurbit.
Hōʻike kēia noiʻi i ka biology, nā pae o ke ola, nā pōʻino, a me nā hoʻolālā o kēia manawa a hiki i ka mālama ʻana i kēia mau mea kanu cucurbit koʻikoʻi.
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Kuhikuhi: Ariela I Haber, Anna K Wallingford, Ian M Gretenberger, Jasmin P Ramirez Bonilla, Amber C Vinchesi-Vahl, Donald C Weber, Striped Cucumber Beetle and Western Striped Cucumber Beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Journal of Integrated Pest Management, Volume 12, Puka 1, 2021, 1, https://doi.org/10.1093/jipm/pmaa026.