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COMMON Name List
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Brown Fir Longhorned Beetle Callidiellum villosulum |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae |
Chinese fir, Cunninghamia lanceolata and Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica |
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Brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys |
Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Pentatomidae |
Many agriculturally-important plants, from apples to soybeans. Also, various ornamental plants are at risk. |
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Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus |
Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae |
None | |
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Cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum |
Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae |
Prickly pear cacti of the genus Opuntia |
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Chilli Thrip Scriptothrips dorsalis |
Class: Insecta Order: Thysanoptera Family: Thripidae |
Scirtothrips dorsalis is a polyphagous species with more than 100 recorded hosts from about 40 different families. |
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Citrus Root Weevil Diaprepes abbreviatus |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Curculionidae |
Most common hosts are: citrus trees, papayas, sweet potatoes, ornamental plants, sugarcane, panicum grasses, peanut, corn, and other plant species. The Citrus Root Weevil is known to feed on over 270 species of plants from 59 different families. |
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Common bed bug Cimex lectularius |
Class: Hexapoda Order: Hemiptera Family: Cimicidae |
The Common Bedbug doesn't utilize a host plant, it is known for seeking human hosts. | |
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Cycad Aulacaspis Scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui |
Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Diaspididae |
Sago Palms |
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Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis |
Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Buprestidae |
Ash trees (Fraxinus) |
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European Earwig Forficula auricularia |
Class: Insecta Order: Dermaptera Family: Forficulidae |
Not specific |
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