Index:
Exotic Pests
- Emerald Ash Borer
- Recently Discovered in Virginia
- Brown
Marmorated Stink Bug
- Now in many counties in Central Virginia
- Information
on a new pest of Enouymus
- Pryeria sinica Moore (Lepidoptera: Zygaenidae) newly
recorded for the United States.
- Soybean
Aphid Information
- Recently established soybean pest in Va.
- Asian
Ambrosia Beetle Fact Sheet and Image
- Established in Virginia, a pest mostly in plant nurseries.
Has a distinctive frass tube expelled from the bark.
- Sweet
Potato Weevil
- Also not known to be established in Virginia but is part of
the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey program run from this
lab. This distinctive weevil, if found, should be reported to
the nearest county extension office so that it can be sent to
the Insect Identification Laboratory at Virginia Tech (Virginia
samples only).
- More Exotic Pests
- More fact sheets on exotic pests from NAPIS
- Pine
Shoot Beetle,Tomicus piniperda
Apple
Ermine Moth, Yponomeuta malinellus
Asian
Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar ssp.
Black
Stem Rust, Puccinia graminis
Boll
Weevil, Anthonomus grandis grandis
Chrysanthemum
White Rust, Puccinia horiana
Corn
Cyst Nematode, Heterodera zeae
European
Gypsy Moth, Lymantria dispar
European Larch Canker, Lachnellula willkommi
Golden
Nematode, Globodera rostochiensis and strain #2
Imported
Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta, Solenopsis richteri,
Solenopsis saevissima richteri
Japanese
Beetle, Popillia japonica
Pink
Bollworm, Pectinophora gossypiella
- Additional
Exotic Pest Information for Virginia
- From the NAPIS home page, includes new pest records,
semi-annual narratives, and exotic pest links.
- USDA - Animal Plant Health Inspection Service - Plant
Protection Quarantine ( APHIS/PPQ)
- Federal agency dealing with exotic pests of all kinds.
- Virginia
Dept. Agriculture and Consumer Services
- State Agency that deals with exotic and domestic
pests.
- NAPIS -
National Agricultural Pest Information System
- Database of exotic and domestic pests.
Developed by Eric R. Day, Manager, Insect
Identification Laboratory, Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech,
Blacksburg, VA 24061. Last modified 9/25/03
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