Overview of mites, lice, beetles, cicadas, worms, caterpillars and moths. Some of these critters eat from the plant, others infect the plant by carrying a bacterium or virus, still others cover the plant with spider mites.

French name	English name	pathogen	course of the disease	characteristic diseased part	Main features	Status
cochenille grise de la vigne	mealy bug	mealybug: Phenococus hystrix	secretes kind of honey on leaf, breeding ground for fungus; can also infest grape cluster	leaf	white downy wax flakes; usually minor damage
Flavescense dorée	Grapevine yellows; leafhopper	Cicada: Scaphoideus titanus	Bacterially infected cicada (Scaphoideus titanus) transmits Phytoplasma vitis.	leaf	leaf discolours, hardens and rolls up; plant dies
thrips	thrips	Insect belonging to the fringed winged insects (thysanoptera): thrips fuscipennis	Sucks at the leaf	leaf	small black spots; little damage
tétranyque tisserand ou araignée jaune	red mite; two-spotted mite; two spotted red spider mite; yellow mite	mite: Tetranychus urticae or the panonychus ulmi	Sucks at the leaf	leaf	light dots on the leaf
Phytopte de la vigne; erinose	Grape leaf blister mite;	Eriophyes vitis; colomerus vitis	Mites form galls on leaves	leaf	Green bumps on leaves and deformities
	Grape vine bud mite	Eriophyes vitis; colomerus vitis (same species as above, only the bud mite shows different behaviour: attacks buds and not leaves)	mites are nesting in the buds	buds	Smaller leaves; dead buds	not in France?
La cochenille farineuse de vigne	Citrus Mealy Bug	mealybug: Planococcus citri: Pseudococus citri	secretes type of honey on leaf, breeding ground for fungus; can also infest grape cluster	leaf	white downy wax flakes; usually minor damage
Otiorhynque de la vigne; charançon noir de la vigne	black vine weevil	Insect, beetle: Otiorhynchus sulcatus	larva eats root, leaf and shoot	leaf	leafs with holes
Phytopte de l'acariose de la vigne	Grape leaf rust mite	mite: Calepitrimerus vitis; Epitrimerus vitis; Phyllocoptes vitis	Mites form discolourations on leaves	leaf	Green bumps on leaves and deformities
Cochenille floconneuse	Cottony vine scale	scale insect: Pulvinaria vitis	sucks up juices and excretes stringy honeydew	leaf and stem	sticky white spinel on leaf and stem; little damage
Cicadelle blanche; Cicadelle pruineuse	Citrus flatid planthopper	Cicada: Metcalfa Pruinosa	Cicada sucks plant juices	leaf and stems	white waxy excretion over the plant by the larvae
tordeuse; ver de la grappe; eudemis	european vine moth	Moth: Lobesia botrana; Polychrosis botrana; Eudemis botrana	Damage and later gouging of grapes	leaf, grape
tordeuse; ver de la grappe; cochylis	vine moth	moth: Clysia (Cochylis) ambiguella; Eupoecilia ambiguella	Damage and later gouging of grapes	leaf, grape
Gribouri; écrivain	Western grape rootworm	beetle: Bromius obscurus	Eat the leaf by nibbling the upper epidermis; this is how marks appear on the leaves	leaf, but also tendrils	marks on the leaves	Almost disappeared in France
Court noué	Xiphinema index (worm); dagger nematode. Grape fan leave (virus)	Worm: Xiphinema index; Xiphinema diversicaudatum	virus-infected worm eats root tips and transmits virus; Xiphinema index transmits fan leave virus and Xiphinema diversidaudatum the Arabic Mosaic Virus	Leaf, but also stems and grapes	Decolourisation of leaves in fan shape
Phylloxera	Phylloxera vine louse	Aphid: Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (formerly Phylloxera Vastatis) Phylloxera Vastatis;	affects roots	roots (resides as aphids also on leaves)	Little foliage and browning of leaves; plant dies.	New grape varieties on grafting vines solved the problem.