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COMMON Name List

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Species	Taxonomy	Host	Image
Brown Dog Tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus	Class: Arachnida Order: Ixodida Family: Ixodidae	Rhipicephalus sanguineus parasitizes dogs and other available mammals depending on the region.
Brown Fir Longhorned Beetle Callidiellum villosulum	Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae	Chinese fir, Cunninghamia lanceolata and Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica
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.
Brown Widow Latrodectus geometricus	Class: Arachnida Order: Araneae Family: Theridiidae	None
Cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum	Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Pyralidae	Prickly pear cacti of the genus Opuntia Symptoms: Oozing wounds at the base of spines (where the larvae entered), yellowing and damage of pads, hollowed out pads that are translucent, pads infested with colony of larvae. See invasive.org for more photos.
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.
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.
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.
Cotton Jassid Amrasca biguttula	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadellidae	Cotton; okra, eggplant, sunflower, and hibiscus.
Cycad Aulacaspis Scale Aulacaspis yasumatsui	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Diaspididae	Sago Palms