| Table 8. | ARIZONA | Cotton insect losses - 1996 | |||||
| PEST | Acres Infested | Acres Treated | # Insect Applic | Cost of 1 Appl | Cost /acre | % Yield Loss | Bales Lost |
| Boll Weevils | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Boll /budworms | 132000 | 39000 | 0.241 | $12.25 | $2.95 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cotton Fleahoppers | 291600 | 50000 | 0.077 | $7.00 | $0.54 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Lygus | 324000 | 163600 | 1.262 | $20.00 | $25.25 | 4.750 | 48094 |
| Cotton Leaf perforators | 75000 | 6000 | 0.022 | $12.00 | $0.27 | 0.162 | 1641 |
| Pink Bollworms | 299000 | 160000 | 1.728 | $12.00 | $20.74 | 2.769 | 28031 |
| Spider Mites | 5000 | 2000 | 0.009 | $11.00 | $0.10 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Thrips, early season | 324000 | 100000 | 0.309 | $9.00 | $2.78 | 0.100 | 1013 |
| Beet Armyworms | 300000 | 2000 | 0.006 | $15.00 | $0.09 | 0.093 | 938 |
| Fall Armyworms | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| European Cornborers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Stink Bugs | 50000 | 6000 | 0.019 | $15.00 | $0.28 | 0.015 | 156 |
| Grasshoppers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Saltmarsh Catepillers | 40000 | 1300 | 0.004 | $12.50 | $0.05 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Aphids | 304000 | 5000 | 0.015 | $18.00 | $0.28 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Bandedwing Whiteflies | 324000 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Sweet Potato Whiteflies | 304000 | 235000 | 1.995 | $29.00 | $57.84 | 2.111 | 21375 |
| Soybean Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cabbage Loopers | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Western Flower Thrips | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | $0.00 | $0.00 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cutworms | 1300 | 900 | 0.003 | $11.00 | $0.03 | 0.000 | 0 |
| Cost /Acre | |||||||
| Percent Lost: | 10.00 | est. Yield per acre: | 10.00 | Foliar insecticide | $111.20 | ||
| Total Acres: | 324000 | 324000 | At planting insecticides | $2.78 | |||
| Total Acres Harvested: | 324000 | Total cost and loss insect related: | 324000 | Bt use license fees | $8.80 | ||
| Total Bales Lost: | 101247 | Total cost + Loss/acre: | 101247 | eradication | $2.01 | ||
| Bales lost in $$$: | $34,018,950 | TOTAL | $124.79 | ||||