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Index:

Exotic Pests

• Emerald Ash Borer, Recently Discovered in Virginia
• Emerald Ash Borer fact sheet
• General information on Emerald Ash Borer and control




• 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

  
  

  Emerald Ash Borer Agrilus planipennis
  Africanized Honey Bee, Apis mellifera
  Asian Longhorned Beetle, Anoplophora glabripennis
  Sudden Oak Death, Phytophthora ramorum
  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
  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.

  
  

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