Which of the following pairs of pests and associated crops are matched correctly?

Thrips parvispinus – Chili

Tuta absoluta – Tomato

Spodoptera frugiperda – Maize

Hypothenemus hampei – Coffee

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Black thrips (Thrips parvispinus) is a highly polyphagous pest that has become a major insect pest in recent days for chili and capsicum crops in India. It is an invasive insect species from Indonesia and was first reported in 2015 on a papaya plantation in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The tomato pinworm,Tuta absoluta is an invasive pest found to be occuring in India in 2014. The pest has spread from South America.
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a lepidopteran pest that feeds in large numbers on leaves and stems of more than 80 plant species, causing major damage to maize, rice, sorghum, sugarcane but also other vegetable crops and cotton. Fall armyworm is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.
Hypothenemus hampei, the coffee berry borer or coffee borer beetle, is a small beetle native to Africa.

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Black thrips (Thrips parvispinus) is a highly polyphagous pest that has become a major insect pest in recent days for chili and capsicum crops in India. It is an invasive insect species from Indonesia and was first reported in 2015 on a papaya plantation in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
The tomato pinworm,Tuta absoluta is an invasive pest found to be occuring in India in 2014. The pest has spread from South America.
The fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is a lepidopteran pest that feeds in large numbers on leaves and stems of more than 80 plant species, causing major damage to maize, rice, sorghum, sugarcane but also other vegetable crops and cotton. Fall armyworm is native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas.
Hypothenemus hampei, the coffee berry borer or coffee borer beetle, is a small beetle native to Africa.

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