Plant Pest Diagnostics Center - Entomology Laboratory
Pest Sheets
Prepared by Drs. Natalia von Ellenreider & Rosser Garrison,
except those marked * by John Sorensen, ** by Marc Epstein & Megan O'Donnell, *** by Peter Kerr, and † by Dr. Gevork Arakelian (Senior Biologist, Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioners Office - more pest sheets)
Following are sheets on various insect and invertebrate pests within California or exotic to California. Some are available in Spanish.
(PDF format)
- Coleoptera (beetles)
- Diptera (flies)
- Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha (leafhoppers, planthoppers)
- Hemiptera: Heteroptera (true bugs)
- Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha (scales, mealybugs, psyllids, aphids, whiteflies)
- Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Lepidoptera (moths)
- Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)
- Phasmida (stick insects, walking sticks)
- Psocoptera (bark lice)
- Thysanoptera (thrips)
- Arachnida (spiders, mites)
- Mollusca (snails, slugs)
- Beneficials (e.g., predators)
Insecta: Coleoptera (beetles)
- †Aethina tumida - small hive beetle
- Anthrenus verbasci - varied carpet beetle
- Chrysophtharta m-fuscum - Eucalyptus leaf beetle
- Cotinus mutabilis - green fig beetle
- †Cylas formicarius - sweetpotato weevil
- †Diaprepes abbreviatus - Diaprepes root weevil
- Gonipterus scutellatus - Eucalyptus snout beetle
- Gopipterus scutellatus - Gorgojo del Eucalipto (en Español)
- Phoracantha recurva - Eucalyptus borer
- Phoracantha semipunctata - Eucalyptus borer
- Popillia japonica - Japanese beetle
- Trogoderma granarium - khapra beetle
- Trogoderma variabile - warehouse beetle
Insecta: Diptera (flies)
- Anastrepha ludens - Mexican fruit fly
- Bactrocera dorsalis-complex - Oriental fruit fly complex
- Ceratitis capitata - Mediterranean fruit fly
Insecta: Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha (leafhoppers, planthoppers)
- Agallia sp. - a leafhopper
- Alconeura quadrimaculata - sycamore leafhopper
- Clastoptera xanthocephala - a spittlebug
- Homalodisca liturata - smoke-tree sharpshooter
- Homalodisca vitripennis - glassy-winged sharpshooter
- Homalodisca vitripennis - Chicharrita de alas cristalinas (en Español)
- Kallitaxila granulata - a planthopper
Insecta: Hemiptera: Heteroptera (true bugs)
- †Bagrada hilaris - Bagrada bug
- Corythucha confraterna - western sycamore lace bug
- †Halyomorpha halys - brown marmorated stink bug
- †Murgantia_histrionica - Harlequin bug
- Pseudacysta perseae - avocado lacebug
Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha (scales, mealybugs, psyllids, aphids, whiteflies)
- Acizzia sp. near hakeae - Grevillia psyllid
- Aleurodicus dispersus - spiraling whitefly
- Aleurodicus dugesii - giant whitefly
- Aleurodicus dugesii - Mosca blanca gigante (en Español)
- Aleuroplatus coronata - crown whitefly
- Aleurothrixus floccosus - woolly whitefly
- Aleurotrachelus sp. - an aroid whitefly
- Antonina pretiosa - noxious bamboo mealybug
- Aphis spiraecola - Spirea aphid
- Aspidiotus nerii - oleander scale
- Bemisia tabaci - sweet potato whitefly
- Cerataphis brasiliensis - palm aphid
- Cerataphis orchidearum - orchid aphid
- Ceroplastes cirripediformis - barnacle scale
- Ceroplastes rubens - red wax scale
- Ceroplastes rusci - fig wax scale
- Chrysomphalus aonidum - Florida red scale
- Coccus hesperidium - brown soft scale
- Coccus longulus - long brown scale
- Cryptoneossa triangula - brown psyllid
- †Diaphorina citri - Asian citrus psyllid
- Diaspis boisduvalii - Boisduval scale
- Duplaspidiotus claviger - Camellia mining scale
- Dysmicoccus brevipes - pineapple mealybug
- Eucalyptolyma maideni - spotted gum lerp psyllid
- Eucalyptolyma maideni - Psílido del eucalipto manchado (en Español)
- †Euphyllura olivina - olive psyllid
- Froggattiella penicillata - penicillate scale
- Furchadaspis zamiae - cycad scale
- Geococcus coffeae - coffee root mealybug
- Glycaspis brimblecombei - red gum lerp psyllid
- Hemiberlasia lataniae - latania scale
- Icerya purchasi - cottony cushion scale
- Kilifia acuminata - acuminate scale
- Lepidosaphes beckii - purple scale
- Milviscutulus mangiferae - mango shield scale
- Nipaecoccus nipae - coconut mealybug
- Nipaecoccus sp. nr. nipae - palm mealybug
- Orchamoplatus mammaeferus - croton whitefly
- Parasaissetia nigra - nigra scale
- Parlatoria blanchardii - Parlatoria date scale
- Pinnaspis aspidistrae - fern scale
- Pinnaspis buxi - boxwood scale
- Pinnaspis strachani - lesser snow scale
- Planococcus citri - Citrus mealybug
- Protopulvinaria pyriformis - pyriform scale
- Pseudococcus longispinus - longtailed mealybug
- Pseudolacaspis cockerelli - Magnolia white scale
- Pulvinaria psidii - greenshield scale
- Rhizoecus hibisci - root or soil mealybug
- Saissetia coffeae - hemispherical scale
- Saissetia oleae - black scale
- *Sipha maydis - an aphid
- Stomacoccus platani - sycamore scale
- Tetraleurodes mori - mulberry whitefly
- Thysanophiorinia nephelii - longan scale
- Trialeurodes sp. nr. fernaldi - a whitefly
- Vinsonia stellifera - stellate scale
Insecta: Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps)
- Anoplolepis gracilipes - longlegged ant
- Linepithema humile - Argentine house ant
- Paratrechina spp. - crazy ants
- Pheidole megacephala - big-headed ant
- Plagiolepis alluaudi - an ant
- Solenopsis invicta - red imported fire ant (RIFA)
- Solenopsis xyloni - southwestern fire ant
- Technomyrmex albipes - white-footed ant
Insecta: Lepidoptera (moths)
- Argyrotaenia citrana - orange tortrix
- Diaphania nitidalis - pickleworm
- †Disclisioprocta stellata - Bougainvillea looper
- **Epiphyas postvittana - light brown apple moth
- Phereoeca fallax - Polilla del estuche (en Español)
- Phyllocnistis citrella - Citrus leafminer
- †Phyllocnistis citrella - Citrus leafminer (another pest sheet)
- Plodia interpunctella - Polilla de la fruta seca (en Español)
Insecta: Orthoptera (grasshoppers, crickets)
Insecta: Phasmida (stick insects, walking sticks)
Insecta: Psocoptera (bark lice)
Insecta: Thysanoptera (thrips)
- Gynaikothrips ficorum - Cuban laurel thrips
- †Klambothrips myopori - Myoporum thrips
- Scirtothrips perseae - avocado thrips
Arachnida (spiders, mites)
- †Latrodectus geometricus - brown widow spider
- ***Raoiella indica - red palm mite
- †Centruroides sculpturatus - Arizona bark scorpion
Mollusca (snails, slugs)
- Bradybaena similaris - a snail
- Deroceras laeve - a garden slug
- Meghimatium striatum - a phyllomacid slug
- Succinea spp. - amber snails
- Veronicella cubensis - a veronicellid slug
Beneficials commonly encountered
Coleoptera
Neuroptera