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Common Name of pest
Scientific Name of pest
Type of Pest (Insect, Weed, Disease, Nematode)
Commodity Affected (Vegetables, Flowers, Fruits, Landscaping, Forestry/Christmas Trees, Natural Areas)

Common Name

Asian Longhorned Beetle
Bacterial Wilt
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Chrysanthemum White Rust
Daylily Rust
Emerald Ash Borer
Giant African Land Snail
Giant Hogweed
Giant Woodwasp
Goatsrue
Golden Nematode
Hydrilla
Inula or British Elecampane
Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle
Leek Moth
Light Brown Apple Moth
Mile-a-minute Weed
Pine Shoot Beetle
Plum Pox Virus (New 3/2008)
Potato Wart
Sirex Woodwasp
Sudden Oak Death
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth
Swede Midge
Tansy Ragwort
Viburnum Leaf Beetle
Winter Moth

Scientific Name

Achatina fulica
Acrolepiopsis assectella
Adoxophyes orana
Agrilus planipennis
Anoplophora glabripennis
Callidiellum rufipenne
Contarinia nasturtii
Epiphyas postvittana
Galega officinalis
Globodera rostochiensis
Halyomorpha halys
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Inula britannica
Hydrilla verticillata
Operophtera brumata
Phytophthora ramorum
Polygonum perfoliatum
Potyviridae sp. (New 3/2008)
Puccinia hemerocallidis
Puccinia horiana
Pyrrhalta viburni
Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2
Senecio jacobaea
Sirex noctilio
Synchytrium endobioticum
Tomicus piniperda
Urocerus gigas

Type of Pest

Insect
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
Giant Woodwasp (Urocerus gigas)
Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle (Callidiellum rufipenne)
Leek Moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella)
Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth (Adoxophyes orana)
Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii)
Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Weed
Goatsrue (Galega officinalis)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Inula (Inula britannica)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
Mile-a-minute Weed (Polygonum perfoliatum)
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)

Disease
Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2)
Chrysanthemum White Rust (Puccinia horiana)
Daylily rust (Puccinia hemerocallidis)
Plum Pox Virus (Potyviridae sp.) (New 3/2008)
Potato Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)
Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)

Nematode
Golden nematode (Globodera rostochiensis)

Snail
Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)

Commodity Affected

Vegetables
Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Giant African Land Snail (Achatina fulica)
Golden nematode (Globoda rostochiensis)
Leek Moth (Acrolepiopsis assectella)
Potato Wart (Synchytrium endobioticum)
Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii)

Flowers
Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2)
Chrysanthemum White Rust (Puccinia horiana)
Daylily rust (Puccinia hemerocallidis)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Inula (Inula britannica)

Fruits
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Light brown apple moth (Epiphyas postvittana)
Plum Pox Virus (Potyviridae sp.) (New 3/2008)
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth (Adoxophyes orana)
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Landscaping
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (Halyomorpha halys)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
Goatsrue (Galega officinalis)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Inula (Inula britannica)
Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle (Callidiellum rufipenne)
Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)
Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth (Adoxophyes orana)
Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Forestry/Christmas Trees
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
Giant Woodwasp (Urocerus gigas)
Mile-a-minute Weed (Polygonum perfoliatum)
Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

Natural Areas
Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis)
Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis)
European Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio)
Goatsrue (Galega officinalis)
Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum)
Inula (Inula britannica)
Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata)
Japanese Cedar Longhorned Beetle (Callidiellum rufipenne)
Mile-a-minute Weed (Polygonum perfoliatum)
Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda)
Sudden Oak Death (Phytophthora ramorum)
Tansy Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea)
Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni)
Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata)

last reviewed March 26, 2008

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