Important pests covered in Insect Pest Management

Acari

Eriophyidae

• Aculus cornutus (Banks) (peach silver mite), peach, nectarine, almond
  

• Aculus schlechtendali (Nalepa) (apple rust mite), apple  **

• Epitrimerus pyri (Nalepa) (pear rust mite), pear
  

Tetranychidae

• **Panonycus ulmi (Koch) (European red mite), tree fruits, grapes **
• **Tetranychus urticae Koch (twospotted spider mite), peanuts, fruits, strawberries, house plants, vegetables, many others  **
  

Coleoptera

Bruchidcae

Buprestidae

• Agrilius planipennis Fairmaire (emerald ash borer), ash (Fairfax Co. press release)
  
• Agrilus ruficollis Fabr.  (rednecked cane borer), caneberries  **

Cerambycidae

• Oberea bimaculata (Olivier) (raspberry cane borer), caneberries  **
• Prionus spp.  (Prionus borers), apples, deciduous forest trees
  

Chysomelidae

• Acalymma vittatum (striped cucumber beetle), cucurbits (bacterial wilt) (Kentucky site)
• Certoma trifurcata (bean leaf beetle), beans (images from Iowa State)
  
• Diabrotica barberi (northern corn rootworm), corn
• **Diabrotica undecimpunctata (southern corn rootworm, spotted cucumber beetle), corn, cucurbits (bacterial wilt), peanuts  **
• **Diabrotica virgifera virgifera (western corn rootworm), corn (PSU site)  **
• **Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) (Colorado potato beetle), potato
  
• Oulema melanopus (cereal leaf beetle), small grains  **

Coccinellidae

• **Epilachna varivestis Mulsant  (Mexican bean beetle), soybean, beans
• Harmonia axyridis Pallas, multicolored Asian lady beetle
  

Cucujidae

• Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Sawtoothed grain beetle), stored grain
  

Curculionidae

• **Anthonomus grandis (Boheman) (boll weevil), cotton  **
• **Anthonomus signatus Say (strawberry bud weevil, clipper), strawberry, brambles
  
• **Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) (plum curculio), stone fruits, pome fruits, blueberry  **
• **Hypera postica (alfalfa weevil), alfalfa, some other legumes  **
• Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus (rice water weevil), rice  **
• Otiorhynchus ovatus L. (strawberry root weevil), strawberry
• Sitophilus spp. (grain weevils), stored grain
• Subfamily Scolytinae (bark beetles)  **
• Dendroctonus frontalis (southern pine beetle)
  

• **wireworms (several genera), potato, peanut, wheat

• Anomala orientalis, (oriental beetle), turf,
  
• Ataenius spretulus, (black turf ataenius), turf,
• Cotinus nitida, (green June beetle), turf, small fruits,
  
• Cyclocephala spp. (masked chafers), turf,
• Maladera castaneum, (Asiatic garden beetle), turf,
  
• Phyllophaga spp, (May or June beetles), turf,
  
• **Popillia japonica Newman (Japanese beetle), stone fruits, pome fruits, grape, turf, ornamentals  **

• Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val (confused flour beetle), stored grain
  
• Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) (red flour beetle), stored grain
  

Cecidomyiidae

• **Mayetiola destructor (Say) (Hessian fly), wheat, rye, barley  **

Chironomidae

• rice seed midges, (Cricotopus sylvestris, Paralauterborniella subcincta, Paratanytarsus spp.), rice

Drosophilidae

• spotted-wing drosophila, (Drosophila suzukii), berry crops, grapes, cherries, possibly other fruit crops

Ephydridae

• Hydrellia griseola (rice leafminer), rice

Psilidae

• Psila rosae Fabr. (carrot rust fly), carrots

Tephritidae

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• Bactrocera dorsalis (oriental fruit fly) (Florida 2015-2016; eradication successful)
• Bactrocera oleae (olive fruit fly), olive
  
• **Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) (Mediterranean fruit fly), fruits
• Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew), fausta (Osten Sacken) (cherry fruit flies), cherry
• **Rhagoletis mendax Curran (blueberry maggot), blueberry
• **Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (apple maggot), apple  **

Coreidae

• **Anasa tristis (DeGeer) (squash bug), cucurbits

Miridae

• **Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) (tarnished plant bug), soybean, apple, peach  **

• Euschistus servus (brown stink bug), fruit, vegetables, cotton, soybean  **
• Chinavia hilaris (=Acrosternum hilare) (green stink bug), fruit, vegetables, cotton, soybean  **
• Halymorpha halys (brown marmorated stink bug)
  
• Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) (harlequin bug) cole crops
  
• Oebalus pugnax (Fabr.) (rice stink bug), rice

Hemiptera - Homoptera

Aphididae

• Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) (pea aphid), peas, sweet clover, alfalfa, and some leguminous weeds
• Aphis gossypii Glover (melon aphid or cotton aphid), cucurbits
  
• **Aphis spiraecola Patch, A. pomi  DeGeer (spirea and apple aphids), apple, various  **
• **Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) (rosy apple aphid), apple  **
• Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) (woolly apple aphid), apple  **
• Macrosiphum avenae (English grain aphid), small grains
• **Myzus persicae (Sulzer) (green peach aphid), stone fruits, vegetable, tobacco  **
• Rhoplaosiphum fitchii (Sanderson) (apple grain aphid), apple, grains
  
• Rhopalospihum maidis (corn leaf aphid), corn, small grains
• Rhopalosiphum padi (oat bird-cherry aphid), small grains
• **Shizaphis graminum (greenbug), small grains  **
• Therioaphis maculata (Buckton) (spotted alfalfa aphid), alfalfa

Cicadellidae

• **Empoasca fabae Harris (potato leafhopper), potato, alfalfa, fruit, many others  **
• Macrosteles falcifrons (aster leafhopper), rice, vegetables)
• Oncometopia orbona (broadheaded sharphooter)
  
• Typhlocyba pomaria (McAtee) (white apple leafhopper), apple
  

 Diaspididae

• Quadrispidiouts perniciosus (Comstock) (San Jose scale), pome and stone fruits  **

 Fulgoridae

Phylloxeridae

• **Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) (grape phylloxera), grape  **
  

Pseudococcidae

Psyllidae

• **Cacopsylla pyricola (Foerster) (pear psylla), pear  **
• Pararioza cockerelli (potato psyllid), potato, tomato
• Trioza tripunctata (Fitch) (blackberry psyllid), blackberries  **

Hymenoptera

Apidae - Xylocopinae

• Xylocopa virginica (carpenter bee), structural
  

Formicidae 

• Camponotus spp) (carpenter ants), structural

Tenthridinidae 

• Hoplocampa testudinea (Klug) (European apple sawfly), apple

Isoptera

Rhinotermitidae 

• **Reticulotermes flavipes (Klug) (eastern subterranean termite), structural

Crambidae

• **Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) (European corn borer), corn and many others 

Gelechiidae

• **Pectinophora gossypiella (pink bollworm), cotton
• Sitotroga cerealella (Angoumois grain moth), stored grain

Gracillariidae

• Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabr.) (spotted tentiform leafminer), apple
  

Noctuidae

• **Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) (black cutworm), many others
• **Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) (corn earworm, cotton bollworm, tomato fruitworm, soybean podworm), corn, cotton, tomato, soybean, tobacco, others  **
• **Heliothis virescens (Fabr.) (tobacco budworm), tobacco  **
• **Mythimna (formerly Pseudaletia) unipuncta (Haworth) (armyworm), corn, small grains, rice  **
• Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith) (fall armyworm), corn, many others
• **Trichoplusia ni (Hubner) (cabbage looper), cole crops

Phycitidae (Phycitinae in Pyralidae)

Pieridae

Plutellidae

• **Plutella xylostella (L.) (diamondback moth, Canadian article), crucifers (Cornell)
  

Pyralidae

• **Acrobasis vaciniii (Riley) (cranberry fruitworm), blueberry
• Ephestia kuehniella, (Mediterranean flour moth) stored grain
• Diaphania nitidalis (Stoll) (pickleworm/melonworm), cucurbits
  

Sesiidae

• Melittia satyriniformis (Hubner) (squash vine borer), cucurbits
• **Pennisetia marginata (Harris) (raspberry crown borer), caneberries  **
• **Synanthedon exitiosa (Say) (peachtree borer), stone fruits
• **Synanthedon pictipes (Grote and Robinson) (lesser peachtree borer), stone fruits  **
• **Synanthedon scitula (Harris) (dogwood borer),  apple, dogwood, others  **
• **Vitacea polistiformis (Harris) (grape root borer), grape  **

Sphingidae

• **Manduca sexta (tobacco hornworm), tobacco, tomato  **
• Manduca quinquemaculata (tomato hornworm), tobacco, tomato  **

Tortricidae

• Argyrotaenia velutinana (redbanded leafroller), apple, peach
• **Cydia pomonella (L.) (codling moth), pome fruits  **
• **Paralobesia viteana Clemens (grape berry moth), grape  **
• **Grapholita molesta (Busck) (oriental fruit moth), stone fruits, pome fruits  **
• Grapholita packardi  Zeller (cherry fruitworm), blueberry
• Grapholita prunivora (lesser appleworm), apple
• Platynota flavedana (variegated leafroller), apple, peach
• Platynota idaeusalis (tufted apple bud moth), apple, peach  **

• Melanoplus femurrubrum (redlegged grasshopper), field crops
  
• Melanoplus differentialis (differential grasshopper), field crops
  
• Melanoplus bivittatus (twostriped grasshopper), field crops
• Melanoplus sanguinipes (migratory grasshopper), field crops
  
• Shistocerca americana (American bird grasshopper, American grasshopper, American locust), field crops