Insects and Related Organisms Sorted by Common Name

Updated 7/16/19

Common Name Scientific Name Order Family

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abbreviated wireworm Hypnoidus abbreviatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
acacia psyllid Acizzia uncatoides (Ferris & Klyver) HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
achemon sphinx Eumorpha achemon (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
acuminate scale Kilifia acuminata (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
acute-angled fungus beetle Cryptophagus acutangulus Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Cryptophagidae
aerial yellowjacket Dolichovespula arenaria (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
African fig fly Zaprionus indianus Gupta DIPTERA Drosophilidae
African mole cricket Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvois ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
ailanthus webworm Atteva punctella (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Yponomeutidae
alder bark beetle Alniphagus aspericollis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
alder flea beetle Altica ambiens (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
alder spittlebug Clastoptera obtusa (Say) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
alfalfa blotch leafminer Agromyza frontella (Rondani) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
alfalfa caterpillar Colias eurytheme Boisduval LEPIDOPTERA Pieridae
alfalfa gall midge Asphondylia websteri Felt DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
alfalfa leafcutting bee Megachile rotundata (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Megachilidae
alfalfa leaftier Dichomeris acuminata (Staudinger) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
alfalfa looper Autographa californica (Speyer) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
alfalfa plant bug Adelphocoris lineolatus (Goeze) HEMIPTERA Miridae
alfalfa seed chalcid Bruchophagus roddi (Gussakovsky) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
alfalfa snout beetle Otiorhynchus ligustici (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
alfalfa webworm Loxostege cereralis (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
alfalfa weevil Hypera postica (Gyllenhal) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
alkali bee Nomia melanderi Cockerell HYMENOPTERA Halictidae
Allard’s ground cricket Allonemobius allardi (Alexander & Thomas 1959) ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
Allard's tree cricket Oecanthus allardi T. Walker and Gurney ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
Allegheny mound ant Formica exsectoides Forel HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
allium leafminer Phytomyza gymnostoma (Loew) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
almond moth Cadra cautella (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
aloe mite Aceria aloinis (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
American aspen beetle Gonioctena americana (Schaeffer) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
American black flour beetle Tribolium audax Halstead COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
American bumble bee Bombus pensylvanicus (De Geer) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
American burying beetle Nicrophorus americanus Olivier COLEOPTERA Silphidae
American cockroach Periplaneta americana (Linnaeus) BLATTODEA Blattidae

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American dagger moth Acronicta americana (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
American dog tick Dermacentor variabilis (Say) ACARI Ixodidae
American grasshopper Schistocerca americana (Drury) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
American hornet moth Sesia tibialis (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
American house dust mite Dermatophagoides farinae Hughes ACARI Pyroglyphidae
American palm cixiid Myndus crudus Van Duzee HEMIPTERA Cixiidae
American plum borer Euzophera semifuneralis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
American serpentine leafminer Liriomyza trifolii (Burgess) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
American spider beetle Mezium americanum (Castelnau) COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
annual bluegrass weevil Listronotus maculicollis (Kirby) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Angora goat biting louse Bovicola crassipes (Rudow) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
Angoumois grain moth Sitotroga cerealella (Olivier) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
angraecum scale Conchaspis angraeci Cockerell HEMIPTERA Conchaspididae
angularwinged katydid Microcentrum retinerve (Burmeister) ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
angulate leafhopper Acinopterus angulatus Lawson HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
anthurium whitefly Aleurotulus anthuricola Nakahara HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
apple aphid Aphis pomi De Geer HEMIPTERA Aphididae
apple bark borer Synanthedon pyri (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
apple barkminer Marmara elotella (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
apple blotch leafminer Phyllonorycter crataegella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
apple curculio Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
apple flea weevil Rhynchaenus pallicornis (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
apple fruit moth Argyresthia conjugella Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Argyresthiidae
apple fruitminer Marmara pomonella Busck LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
apple grain aphid Rhopalosiphum oxyacanthae (Schrank) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
apple leafhopper Empoasca maligna (Walsh) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
apple maggot Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) DIPTERA Tephritidae
apple mealybug Phenacoccus aceris (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
apple red bug Lygidea mendax Reuter HEMIPTERA Miridae
apple rust mite Aculus schlechtendali (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
apple seed chalcid Torymus varians (Walker) HYMENOPTERA Torymidae
apple sucker Cacopsylla mali (Schmidberger) HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
apple twig beetle Hypothenemus obscurus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
apple twig borer Amphicerus bicaudatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
apple-and-thorn skeletonizer Choreutis pariana (Clerck) LEPIDOPTERA Choreutidae
appleleaf skeletonizer Psorosina hammondi (Riley) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
appleleaf trumpet miner Tischeria malifoliella Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Tischeriidae
araucaria aphid Neophyllaphis araucariae Takahashi HEMIPTERA Aphididae
araucaria mealybug Acanthococcus araucariae (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
arborvitae leafminer Argyresthia thuiella (Packard) LEPIDOPTERA Argyresthiidae
arborvitae weevil Phyllobius intrusus Kono COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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Argentine ant Linepithema humile (Mayr) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
argus tortoise beetle Chelymorpha cassidea (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
arid land subterranean termite Reticulitermes tibialis Banks BLATTODEA Rhinotermitidae
Arizona fivespined ips Ips lecontei Swaine COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
army cutworm Euxoa auxiliaris (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
armyworm Mythimna unipuncta (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
arroyo willow stem-galling sawfly Euura lasiolepis Smith HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
artichoke plume moth Platyptilia carduidactyla (Riley) LEPIDOPTERA Pterophoridae
ash borer* Podosesia syringae (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
*Also called lilac borer
ash plant bug Tropidosteptes amoenus Reuter HEMIPTERA Miridae
ashgray blister beetle Epicauta fabricii (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
Ashton cuckoo bumble bee Bombus ashtoni (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
Asian chestnut gall wasp Dryocosmus kuriphilus (Yasumatsu) HYMENOPTERA Cynipidae
Asian citrus psyllid Diaphorina citri Kuwayama HEMIPTERA Liviidae
Asian cockroach Blattella asahinai Mizukubo BLATTODEA Blattellidae
Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Asian longhorned tick Haemaphysalis longicornis Neumann ACARI Ixodidae
Asian needle ant Pachycondyla chinensis (Emery) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Asian subterranean termite Coptotermes gestroi (Wasmann) BLATTODEA Rhinotermitidae
Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus (Skuse) DIPTERA Culicidae
Asiatic garden beetle Maladera castanea (Arrow) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
Asiatic oak weevil Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Asiatic rice borer Chilo suppressalis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
Asiatic rose scale Aulacaspis rosarum Borchsenius HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
asparagus aphid Brachycorynella asparagi (Mordvilko) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
asparagus beetle Crioceris asparagi (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
asparagus miner Ophiomyia simplex (Loew) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
asparagus spider mite Schizotetranychus asparagi (Oudemans) ACARI Tetranychidae
aspen blotchminer Phyllonorycter tremuloidiella (Braun) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
aspen leaf beetle Chrysomela crotchi Brown COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
aster leafhopper Macrosteles quadrilineatus Forbes HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
aster leafminer Calycomyza humeralis (Roser) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
Australian cockroach Periplaneta australasiae (Fabricius) BLATTODEA Blattidae
Australian fern weevil Syagrius fulvitarsis Pascoe COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Australian mantid Tenodera australasiae (Leach) MANTODEA Mantidae
Australian pine borer Chrysobothris tranquebarica (Gmelin) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
Australian rat flea Xenopsylla vexabilis (Jordan) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
Australian spider beetle Ptinus ocellus Brown COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
avocado brown mite Oligonychus punicae (Hirst) ACARI Tetranychidae
avocado red mite Oligonychus yothersi (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae

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avocado seed moth Stenoma catenifer Walsingham LEPIDOPTERA Elachistidae
avocado thrips Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
avocado whitefly Trialeurodes floridensis (Quaintance) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
azalea bark scale Acanthococcus azaleae (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
azalea caterpillar Datana major Grote & Robinson LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
azalea lace bug Stephanitis pyrioides (Scott) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
azalea leafminer Caloptilia azaleella (Brants) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
azalea plant bug Rhinocapsus vanduzeei Uhler HEMIPTERA Miridae
azalea white mite Eotetranychus clitus Pritchard & Baker ACARI Tetranychidae
azalea whitefly Pealius azaleae (Baker & Moles) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae

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bagworm Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Psychidae
Bahaman swallowtail Papilio andraemon bonhotei Sharpe LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
baldcypress coneworm Dioryctria pygmaeella Ragonot LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
baldfaced hornet Dolichovespula maculata (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
balsam fir sawfly Neodiprion abietis (Harris) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
balsam fir sawyer Monochamus marmorator Kirby COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
balsam gall midge Paradiplosis tumifex Gagné DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
balsam shootboring sawfly Pleroneura brunneicornis Rohwer HYMENOPTERA Xyelidae
balsam twig aphid Mindarus abietinus Koch HEMIPTERA Aphididae
balsam woolly adelgid Adelges piceae (Ratzeburg) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
bamboo borer Chlorophorus annularis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
bamboo mealybug Chaetococcus bambusae (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
bamboo powderpost beetle Dinoderus minutus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
bamboo spider mite Schizotetranychus celarius (Banks) ACARI Tetranychidae
banana aphid Pentalonia nigronervosa Coquerel HEMIPTERA Aphididae
banana mealybug Pseudococcus elisae Borchsenius HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
banana rind thrips Elixothrips brevisetis (Bagnall) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
banana root borer Cosmopolites sordidus (Germar) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
banana skipper Erionota thrax (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
banded alder borer Rosalia funebris Motschulsky COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
banded ash clearwing Podosesia aureocincta Purrington & Nielsen LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
banded cucumber beetle Diabrotica balteata LeConte COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
banded elm bark beetle Scolytus schevyrewi Semenov COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
banded greenhouse thrips Hercinothrips femoralis (O.M. Reuter) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
banded hickory borer Knulliana cincta (Drury) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
banded sunflower moth Cochylis hospes Walsingham LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
banded wood snail Cepaea nemoralis (Linnaeus) STYLOMMATOPHORA Helicidae
banded woollybear Pyrrharctia isabella (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae

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bandedwinged whitefly Trialeurodes abutiloneus (Haldeman) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
Banks grass mite Oligonychus pratensis (Banks) ACARI Tetranychidae
banyan aphid Thoracaphis fici (Takahashi) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
Barber brown lacewing Sympherobius barberi (Banks) NEUROPTERA Hemerobiidae
barberpole caterpillar Mimoschinia rufofascialis (Stephens) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
barley jointworm Tetramesa hordei (Harris) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
barnacle scale Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock HEMIPTERA Coccidae
basswood lace bug Gargaphia tiliae (Walsh) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
basswood leafminer Baliosus nervosus (Panzer) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
basswood leafroller Pantographa limata (Grote & Robinson) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
basswood thrips Neohydatothrips tiliae Hood THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
beachgrass scale Acanthococcus carolinae (Williams) HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
bean aphid Aphis fabae Scopoli HEMIPTERA Aphididae
bean butterfly Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
bean capsid Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus Guérin-Méneville HEMIPTERA Miridae
bean fly Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tryon) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
bean leaf beetle Cerotoma trifurcata (Förster) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
bean leafroller Urbanus proteus (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
bean leafskeletonizer Autoplusia egena (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
bean pod borer Maruca vitrata (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
bean seed maggot Delia florilega (Zetterstedt) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
bean stalk weevil Sternechus paludatus (Casey) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
bean thrips Caliothrips fasciatus (Pergande) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
bean weevil Acanthoscelides obtectus (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Beardsley leafhopper Balclutha saltuella (Kirschbaum) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
bed bug Cimex lectularius Linnaeus HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
beech blight aphid Grylloprociphilus imbricator (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
beech scale Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
beet armyworm Spodoptera exigua (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
beet leaf beetle Erynephala puncticollis (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
beet leafhopper Circulifer tenellus (Baker) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
beet leafminer Pegomya betae Curtis DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
beet webworm Loxostege sticticalis (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
bella moth Utetheisa ornatrix (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
Bermudagrass mite Aceria cynodoniensis Sayed ACARI Eriophyidae
bermudagrass stem maggot Atherigona reversura Villenueve DIPTERA Muscidae
bertha armyworm Mamestra configurata Walker LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
bidens borer Epiblema otiosana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
bigheaded ant Pheidole megacephala (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
bigheaded grasshopper Aulocara elliotti (Thomas) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
birch bark beetle Dryocoetes betulae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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birch casebearer* Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
*Also called cigar casebearer
birch leafminer Fenusa pumila (Leach) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
birch sawfly Arge pectoralis (Leach) HYMENOPTERA Argidae
birch skeletonizer Bucculatrix canadensisella Chambers LEPIDOPTERA Bucculatricidae
birch tubemaker Acrobasis betulella Hulst LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
bird blow flies (genera) Protocalliphora Hugh DIPTERA Calliphoridae
bird cherry-oat aphid Rhopalosiphum padi (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
bird tick Haemaphysalis chordeilis (Packard) ACARI Ixodidae
black and gold bumble bee Bombus auricomus (Robertson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
black and yellow mud dauber Sceliphron caementarium (Drury) HYMENOPTERA Sphecidae
black army cutworm Actebia fennica (Tauscher) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
black blister beetle Epicauta pensylvanica (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
black blow fly Phormia regina (Meigen) DIPTERA Calliphoridae
black bug Corimelaena pulicaria (Germar) HEMIPTERA Thyreocoridae
black carpenter ant Camponotus pennsylvanicus (De Geer) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
black carpet beetle Attagenus unicolor (Brahm) COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
black cherry aphid Myzus cerasi (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
black cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis fausta (Osten Sacken) DIPTERA Tephritidae
black citrus aphid Toxoptera aurantii (Boyer de Fonscolombe) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
black cockroach wasp Dolichurus stantoni (Ashmead) HYMENOPTERA Sphecidae
black cutworm Agrotis ipsilon (Hufnagel) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
black dung beetle Copris incertus Say COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
black earwig Chelisoches morio (Fabricius) DERMAPTERA Chelisochidae
black elm bark weevil Magdalis barbita (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
black flower thrips Haplothrips gowdeyi (Franklin) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
black fungus beetle Alphitobius laevigatus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
black grain stem sawfly Trachelus tabidus (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Cephidae
black horse fly Tabanus atratus Fabricius DIPTERA Tabanidae
black hunter thrips Leptothrips mali (Fitch) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
black imported fire ant Solenopsis richteri Forel HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
black lady beetle Rhyzobius ventralis (Erichson) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
black larder beetle Dermestes ater De Geer COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
black peach aphid Brachycaudus persicae (Passerini) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
black pecan aphid Melanocallis caryaefoliae (Davis) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
black pineleaf scale Nuculaspis californica (Coleman) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
black potter wasp Delta pyriforme philippinense (Bequaert) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
black salt marsh mosquito Aedes (Ochlerotatus) taeniorhynchus (Wiedemann) DIPTERA Culicidae
black scale Saissetia oleae (Olivier) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
black soldier fly Hermetia illucens (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Stratiomyidae
black stink bug Coptosoma xanthogramma (White) HEMIPTERA Plataspidae

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black sunflower stem weevil Apion (Fallapion) occidentale Fall COLEOPTERA Brentidae
black swallowtail* Papilio polyxenes Stoll LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
*Immature called parsleyworm
black tail bumble bee Bombus melanopygus Nylander HYMENOPTERA Apidae
black thread scale Ischnaspis longirostris (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
black turfgrass ataenius Ataenius spretulus (Haldeman) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
black turpentine beetle Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
black twig borer Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
black vine weevil Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
black walnut curculio Conotrachelus retentus (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
black witch Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
blackbellied clerid Enoclerus lecontei (Wolcott) COLEOPTERA Cleridae
blackberry skeletonizer Schreckensteinia festaliella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Heliodinidae
Blackburn butterfly Vaga blackburni (Tuely) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
Blackburn damsel bug Nabis blackburni White HEMIPTERA Nabidae
Blackburn dragonfly Nesogonia blackburni (McLachlan) ODONATA Libellulidae
Blackburn's sphinx moth Manduca blackburni (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
blackfaced leafhopper Graminella nigrifrons (Forbes) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
blackheaded ash sawfly Tethida barda (Say) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
blackheaded fireworm Rhopobota naevana (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
blackheaded pine sawfly Neodiprion excitans Rohwer HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
blackhorned pine borer Callidium antennatum hesperum Casey COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
blackhorned tree cricket Oecanthus nigricornis F. Walker ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
blackjacket Vespula consobrina (Saussure) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
blacklegged tick Ixodes scapularis Say ACARI Ixodidae
blacklegged tortoise beetle Jonthonota nigripes (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
blackmargined aphid Monellia caryella (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
blister coneworm Dioryctria clarioralis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
bloodsucking conenose Triatoma sanguisuga (LeConte) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
blue alfalfa aphid Acyrthosiphon kondoi Shinji HEMIPTERA Aphididae
blue cactus borer Melitara dentata (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
blue horntail Sirex cyaneus Fabricius HYMENOPTERA Siricidae
blue soldier fly Exaireta spinigera (Wiedemann) DIPTERA Stratiomyidae
blue spruce engraver Ips hunteri Swaine COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
blue-green sharpshooter Graphocephala atropunctata (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
blueberry bud mite Acalitus vaccinii (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
blueberry case beetle Neochlamisus cribripennis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
blueberry flea beetle Altica sylvia Malloch COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
blueberry gall midge Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
blueberry maggot Rhagoletis mendax Curran DIPTERA Tephritidae
blueberry thrips Frankliniella vaccinii Morgan THYSANOPTERA Thripidae

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blueberry tip midge Prodiplosis vaccinii (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
bluegrass billbug Sphenophorus parvulus Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
bluegrass webworm Parapediasia teterrella (Zincken) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
bluntnosed cranberry leafhopper Scleroracus vaccinii (Van Duzee) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
body louse Pediculus humanus humanus Linnaeus PHTHIRAPTERA Pediculidae
Boisduval scale Diaspis boisduvalii Signoret HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
boll weevil Anthonomus grandis grandis Boheman COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
bollworm* Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
*Also called corn earworm and tomato fruitworm
booklouse Liposcelis corrodens Heymons PSOCOPTERA Liposcelididae
boreal spruce beetle Dendroctonus punctatus LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
boxelder aphid Periphyllus negundinis (Thomas) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
boxelder bug Boisea trivittata (Say) HEMIPTERA Rhopalidae
boxelder leafroller Caloptilia negundella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
boxelder psyllid Cacopsylla negundinis Mally HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
boxelder twig borer Proteoteras willingana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
boxwood leafminer Monarthropalpus flavus (Schrank) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
boxwood psyllid Cacopsylla buxi (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
bramble leafhopper Ribautiana tenerrima (Herrich-Schäffer) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
Brasilian leafhopper Protalebrella brasiliensis (Baker) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
bristly cutworm Lacinipolia renigera (Stephens) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
bristly roseslug Cladius difformis (Panzer) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
broad mite Polyphagotarsonemus latus (Banks) ACARI Tarsonemidae
broad necked root borer Prionus laticollis (Drury) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
broadbean weevil Bruchus rufimanus Boheman COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
broadhorned flour beetle Gnatocerus cornutus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
broadnosed grain weevil Caulophilus oryza e (Gyllenhal) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
broadwinged katydid Microcentrum rhombifolium (Saussure) ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
bromegrass seed midge Contarinia bromicola (Marikovskij & Agafonova) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
bronze appletree weevil Magdalis aenescens LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
bronze birch borer Agrilus anxius Gory COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
bronze leaf beetle Diachus auratus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
bronze poplar borer Agrilus liragus Barter & Brown COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
bronzed cutworm Nephelodes minians Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
brown chicken louse Goniodes dissimilis Denny PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
brown citrus aphid Toxoptera citricidus (Kirkaldy) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
brown cockroach Periplaneta brunnea Burmeister BLATTODEA Blattidae
brown cotton leafworm Tarache dacia (Druce) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
brown dog tick Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) ACARI Ixodidae
brown dung beetle Digitonthophagus gazella (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
brown flour mite Gohieria fusca (Oudemans) ACARI Glycyphagidae

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brown garden snail Cornu aspersum Müller STYLOMMATOPHORA Helicidae
brown house moth Hofmannophila pseudospretella (Stainton) LEPIDOPTERA Oecophoridae
brown marmorated stink bug Halyomorpha halys (Stål) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
brown mite Bryobia rubrioculus (Scheuten) ACARI Tetranychidae
brown pineapple scale Melanaspis bromiliae (Leonardi) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
brown recluse spider Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch & Mulaik ARANEAE Sicariidae
brown saltmarsh mosquito Aedes cantator (Coquillett) DIPTERA Culicidae
brown soft scale Coccus hesperidum Linnaeus HEMIPTERA Coccidae
brown speckled leafhopper Paraphlepsius irroratus (Say) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
brown spider beetle Ptinus clavipes Panzer COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
brown stink bug Euschistus servus (Say) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
brown wheat mite Petrobia latens (Müller) ACARI Tetranychidae
brown widow spider Latrodectus geometricus C.L. Koch ARANEAE Theridiidae
brownbanded cockroach Supella longipalpa (Fabricius) BLATTODEA Blattellidae
brownbelted bumble bee Bombus griseocollis (De Geer) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
brownheaded ash sawfly Tomostethus multicinctus (Rohwer) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
brownheaded jack pine sawfly Neodiprion dubiosus Schedl HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
brownlegged grain mite Aleuroglyphus ovatus (Troupeau) ACARI Acaridae
browntail moth Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
Bruce spanworm Operophtera bruceata (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
buck moth Hemileuca maia (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
buckthorn aphid Aphis nasturtii Kaltenbach HEMIPTERA Aphididae
buffalo treehopper Stictocephala bisonia Kopp & Yonke HEMIPTERA Membracidae
buffalograss webworm Surattha indentella Kearfott LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
bulb mite Rhizoglyphus echinopus (Fumouze & Robin) ACARI Acaridae
bulb scale mite Steneotarsonemus laticeps (Halbert) ACARI Tarsonemidae
bull pine sawfly Zadiprion townsendi (Cockerell) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
bumble flower beetle Euphoria inda (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
bumelia fruit fly Anastrepha pallens Coquillett DIPTERA Tephritidae
burdock borer Papaipema cataphracta (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Burmeister mantid Orthodera burmeisteri Wood-Mason MANTODEA Mantidae
butternut curculio Conotrachelus juglandis LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
cabbage curculio Ceutorhynchus rapae Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
cabbage looper Trichoplusia ni (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
cabbage maggot Delia radicum (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
cabbage seedpod weevil Ceutorhynchus assimilis (Paykull) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
cabbage seedstalk curculio Ceutorhynchus quadridens (Panzer) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
cabbage webworm Hellula rogatalis (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae

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cactus moth Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
cactus scale Diaspis echinocacti (Bouch) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
cadelle Tenebroides mauritanicus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Trogossitidae
Caledonia seed bug Nysius caledoniae Distant HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
calico scale Eulecanium cerasorum (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
California bumble bee Bombus californicus Smith HYMENOPTERA Apidae
California fivespined ips Ips paraconfusus Lanier COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
California flatheaded borer Phaenops californica (Van Dyke) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
California harvester ant Pogonomyrmex californicus (Buckley) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
California oakworm Phryganidia californica Packard LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
California pear sawfly Pristiphora abbreviata (Hartig) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
California prionus Prionus californicus Motschulsky COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
California red scale Aonidiella aurantii (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
California saltmarsh mosquito Aedes squamiger (Coquillett) DIPTERA Culicidae
California tortoiseshell Nymphalis californica (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
camellia scale Lepidosaphes camelliae Hoke HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
camphor scale Pseudaonidia duplex (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
camphor shot borer Xylosandrus mutilatus (Blandford) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
camphor thrips Liothrips floridensis (Watson) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
cannabis aphid Phorodon cannabis Passerini HEMIPTERA Aphididae
caragana aphid Acyrthosiphon caraganae (Cholodkovsky) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
caragana blister beetle Epicauta subglabra (Fall) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
caragana plant bug Lopidea dakota Knight HEMIPTERA Miridae
Caribbean black scale Saissetia neglecta De Lotto HEMIPTERA Coccidae
Caribbean cicada killer Sphecius hogardii (Latreille) HYMENOPTERA Crabronidae
Caribbean fruit fly Anastrepha suspensa (Loew) DIPTERA Tephritidae
Caribbean pod borer Fundella pellucens Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
carmine spider mite Tetranychus cinnabarinus (Boisduval) ACARI Tetranychidae
carnation maggot Delia brunnescens (Zetterstedt) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
carnation tip maggot Delia echinata (Séguy) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
carob moth Ectomyelois ceratoniae (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
Carolina conifer aphid Cinara atlantica (Wilson) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
Carolina grasshopper Dissosteira carolina (Linnaeus) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
Carolina mantid Stagmomantis carolina (Johannson) MANTODEA Mantidae
carpenter bee Xylocopa virginica (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Anthophoridae
carpenterworm Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck) LEPIDOPTERA Cossidae
carpet beetle Anthrenus scrophulariae (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
carpet moth Trichophaga tapetzella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
carrot beetle Tomarus gibbosus (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
carrot rust fly Psila rosae (Fabricius) DIPTERA Psilidae
carrot weevil Listronotus oregonensis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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casemaking clothes moth Tinea pellionella Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
cat follicle mite Demodex cati Mégnin ACARI Demodicidae
cat louse Felicola subrostratus (Burmeister) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
catalpa midge Contarinia catalpae (Comstock) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
catalpa sphinx Ceratomia catalpae (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
cattle biting louse Bovicola bovis (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
cattle follicle mite Demodex bovis Stiles ACARI Demodicidae
cattle itch mite Sarcoptes bovis Robin ACARI Sarcoptidae
cattle tail louse Haematopinus quadripertusus Fahrenholz PHTHIRAPTERA Haematopinidae
cattle tick Boophilus annulatus (Say) ACARI Ixodidae
Cayenne tick Amblyomma cajennense (Fabricius) ACARI Ixodidae
ceanothus silk moth Hyalophora euryalus (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
cecropia moth Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
cedartree borer Semanotus ligneus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
celery aphid Semiaphis heraclei Takahashi HEMIPTERA Aphididae
celery leaftier* Udea rubigalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
*Also called greenhouse leaftier
celery looper Anagrapha falcifera (Kirby) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
cereal leaf beetle Oulema melanopus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
chaff scale Parlatoria pergandii Comstock HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
chainspotted geometer Cingilia catenaria (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
changa Neoscapteriscus didactylus (Latreille) ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
charcoal beetle Melanophila consputa LeConte COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
checkered melon beetle Paranapiacaba tricincta (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
cheese mite Tyrolichus casei Oudemans ACARI Acaridae
cheese skipper Piophila casei (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Piophilidae
cherry casebearer Coleophora pruniella Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
cherry fruit fly* Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) DIPTERA Tephritidae
*Immature called cherry maggot
cherry fruit sawfly Hoplocampa cookei (Clarke) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
cherry fruitworm Grapholita packardi Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
cherry leaf beetle Tricholochmaea cavicollis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
cherry maggot* Rhagoletis cingulata (Loew) DIPTERA Tephritidae
*Adult called cherry fruit fly
chestnut timberworm Melittomma sericeum (Harris) COLEOPTERA Lymexylidae
chicken body louse Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch) PHTHIRAPTERA Menoponidae
chicken dung fly Fannia pusio (Wiedemann) DIPTERA Fanniidae
chicken head louse Cuclotogaster heterographus (Nitzsch) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
chicken mite Dermanyssus gallinae (De Geer) ACARI Dermanyssidae
chigoe Tunga penetrans (Linnaeus) SIPHONAPTERA Tungidae

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Chilean recluse spider Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet) ARANEAE Sicariidae
chilli thrips Scirtothrips dorsalis Hood THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
chimney swift bug Cimexopsis nyctalis List HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
chinch bug Blissus leucopterus leucopterus (Say) HEMIPTERA Blissidae
Chinese dryinid Pseudogonatopus hospes Perkins HYMENOPTERA Dryinidae
Chinese mantid Tenodera aridifolia sinensis Saussure MANTODEA Mantidae
Chinese obscure scale Parlatoreopsis chinensis (Marlatt) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
Chinese rose beetle Adoretus sinicus Burmeister COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
chokecherry leafroller Sparganothis directana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
chokecherry midge Contarinia virginianae (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
Christmas berry webworm Cryptoblabes gnidiella (Milli) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
chrysanthemum aphid Macrosiphoniella sanborni (Gillette) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
chrysanthemum flower borer Lorita scarificata (Meyrick) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
chrysanthemum gall midge Rhopalomyia chrysanthemi (Ahlberg) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
chrysanthemum lace bug Corythucha marmorata (Uhler) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
chrysanthemum leafminer Chromatomyia syngenesiae Hardy DIPTERA Agromyzidae
chrysanthemum thrips Thrips nigropilosus Uzel THYSANOPTERA Thripidae

cicada killer* Sphecius speciosus (Drury) HYMENOPTERA Crabronidae

*Also called eastern cicada killer
cigar casebearer* Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
*Also called birch casebearer
cigarette beetle Lasioderma serricorne (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Anobiidae
cinereous cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea (Olivier) BLATTODEA Blaberidae
cinnabar moth Tyria jacobaeae (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
citricola scale Coccus pseudomagnoliarum (Kuwana) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
citrophilus mealybug Pseudococcus calceolariae (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
citrus blackfly Aleurocanthus woglumi Ashby HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
citrus bud mite Aceria sheldoni (Ewing) ACARI Eriophyidae
citrus flat mite Brevipalpus lewisi McGregor ACARI Tenuipalpidae
citrus longhorned beetle Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
citrus mealybug Planococcus citri (Risso) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
citrus red mite Panonychus citri (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
citrus root weevil Pachnaeus litus (Germar) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
citrus rust mite Phyllocoptruta oleivora (Ashmead) ACARI Eriophyidae
citrus snow scale Unaspis citri (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
citrus swallowtail Papilio xuthus Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
citrus thrips Scirtothrips citri (Moulton) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
citrus whitefly Dialeurodes citri (Ashmead) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
claybacked cutworm Agrotis gladiaria Morrison LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
claycolored billbug Sphenophorus aequalis aequalis Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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claycolored leaf beetle Anomoea laticlavia (Förster) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Clear Lake gnat Chaoborus astictopus Dyar & Shannon DIPTERA Chaoboridae
clearwinged grasshopper Camnula pellucida (Scudder) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
clematis blister beetle Epicauta cinerea (Förster) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
clidemia leafroller Blepharomastix ebulealis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
clidemia thrips Liothrips urichi Karny THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
clouded plant bug Neurocolpus nubilus (Say) HEMIPTERA Miridae
clouded sulfur Colias philodice Godart LEPIDOPTERA Pieridae
cloudywinged whitefly Dialeurodes citrifolii (Morgan) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
clover aphid Nearctaphis bakeri (Cowen) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
clover aphid parasite Aphelinus lapisligni Howard HYMENOPTERA Encyrtidae
clover cutworm Anarta trifolii (Hufnagel) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
clover hayworm Hypsopygia costalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
clover head caterpillar Grapholita interstinctana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
clover head weevil Hypera meles (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
clover leaf midge Dasineura trifolii (Loew) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
clover leaf weevil Hypera zoilus (Scopoli) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
clover leafhopper Aceratagallia sanguinolenta (Provancher) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
clover looper Caenurgina crassiuscula (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
clover mite Bryobia praetiosa Koch ACARI Tetranychidae
clover root borer Hylastinus obscurus (Marsham) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
clover root curculio Sitona hispidulus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
clover seed chalcid Bruchophagus gibbus (Boheman) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
clover seed midge Dasineura leguminicola (Lintner) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
clover seed weevil Tychius picirostris (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
clover stem borer Languria mozardi Latreille COLEOPTERA Languriidae
cluster fly Pollenia rudis (Fabricius) DIPTERA Calliphoridae
cochineal insect Dactylopius coccus Costa HEMIPTERA Dactylopiidae
cocklebur weevil Rhodobaenus quinquedecimpunctatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
coconut leafminer Agonoxena argaula Meyrick LEPIDOPTERA Agonoxenidae
coconut leafroller Omiodes blackburni (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
coconut mealybug Nipaecoccus nipae (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
coconut scale Aspidiotus destructor Signoret HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
codling moth Cydia pomonella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
coffee bean weevil Araecerus fasciculatus (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Anthribidae
coffee berry borer Hypothenemus hampei (Ferrari) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Colorado hairstreak Hypaurotis crysalus (W.H. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Columbia Basin wireworm Limonius subauratus LeConte COLEOPTERA Elateridae
Columbian timber beetle Corthylus columbianus Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
columbine borer Papaipema leucostigma (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae

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Comanche lacewing Chrysoperla comanche (Banks) NEUROPTERA Chrysopidae
common Australian lady beetle Coelophora inaequalis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
common cattle grub Hypoderma lineatum (Villers) DIPTERA Oestridae
common damsel bug Nabis americoferus Carayon HEMIPTERA Nabidae
common eastern bumble bee Bombus impatiens (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
common green darner Anax junius (Drury) ODONATA Aeshnidae
common green lacewing Chrysoperla plorabunda (Fitch) NEUROPTERA Chrysopidae
common malaria mosquito Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say DIPTERA Culicidae
composite thrips Microcephalothrips abdominalis (D.L. Crawford) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
Comstock mealybug Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
conchuela Chlorochroa ligata (Say) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
conehead termite Nasutitermes corniger (Motschulsky) BLATTODEA Termitidae
confused flour beetle Tribolium confusum Jacquelin du Val COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
confusing bumble bee Bombus perplexus (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
conifer spider mite Oligonychus coniferarum (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
convergent lady beetle Hippodamia convergens Guérin-Méneville COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
Cooley spruce gall adelgid Adelges cooleyi (Gillette) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
corn blotch leafminer Agromyza parvicornis Loew DIPTERA Agromyzidae
corn delphacid Peregrinus maidis (Ashmead) HEMIPTERA Delphacidae
corn earworm* Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
*Also called bollworm and tomato fruitworm
corn flea beetle Chaetocnema pulicaria Melsheimer COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
corn leaf aphid Rhopalosiphum maidis (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
corn leafhopper Dalbulus maidis (DeLong & Wolcott) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
corn root aphid* Protaphis middletoni Thomas HEMIPTERA Aphididae
*Also called erigeron root aphid
corn root webworm Neodactria caliginosellus Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
corn sap beetle Carpophilus dimidiatus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Nitidulidae
corn silk beetle Metrioidea brunnea (Crotch) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
corn thrips Frankliniella williamsi Hood THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
cornfield ant Lasius alienus (Foerster) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
cosmopolitan grain psocid Lachesilla pedicularia (Linnaeus) PSOCOPTERA Lachesillidae
cotton aphid* Aphis gossypii Glover HEMIPTERA Aphididae
*Also called melon aphid
cotton blister mite Acalitus gossypii (Banks) ACARI Eriophyidae
cotton fleahopper Pseudatomoscelis seriatus (Reuter) HEMIPTERA Miridae
cotton lace bug Corythucha gossypii (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
cotton leafminer Stigmella gossypii (Forbes & Leonard) LEPIDOPTERA Nepticulidae
cotton leafperforator Bucculatrix thurberiella Busck LEPIDOPTERA Bucculatricidae
cotton leafworm Alabama argillacea (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
cotton square borer Strymon melinus Hübner LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae

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cotton stainer Dysdercus suturellus (Herrich-Schäffer) HEMIPTERA Pyrrhocoridae
cotton stem moth Platyedra subcinerea (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
cottonwood borer Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
cottonwood dagger moth Acronicta lepusculina Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
cottonwood leaf beetle Chrysomela scripta Fabricius COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
cottonwood twig borer Gypsonoma haimbachiana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
cottony cushion scale Icerya purchasi Maskell HEMIPTERA Monophlebidae
cottony maple scale Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rathvon) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
cottony peach scale Pulvinaria amygdali Cockerell HEMIPTERA Coccidae
coulee cricket Peranabrus scabricollis (Thomas) ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
cowpea aphid Aphis craccivora Koch HEMIPTERA Aphididae
cowpea curculio Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
cowpea weevil Callosobruchus maculatus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
crab louse Pthirus pubis (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Pthiridae
crabhole mosquito Deinocerites cancer Theobald DIPTERA Culicidae
cranberry fruitworm Acrobasis vaccinii Riley LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
cranberry girdler Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
cranberry rootworm Rhabdopterus picipes (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
cranberry weevil Anthonomus musculus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
crapemyrtle aphid Sarucallis kahawaluokalani (Kirkaldy) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
crapemyrtle bark scale Acanthococcus (=Eriococcus) lagerstroemiae (Kuwana) HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
crazy ant Paratrechina longicornis (Latreille) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
creosotebush spider mite Pseudobryobia drummondi (Ewing) ACARI Tetranychidae
crescentmarked lily aphid Neomyzus circumflexum (Buckton) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
cribrate weevil Otiorhynchus cribricollis Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
crinkled flannel moth Lagoa crispata (Packard) LEPIDOPTERA Megalopygidae
cross-striped cabbageworm Evergestis rimosalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
croton caterpillar Achaea janata (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
croton mussel scale Lepidosaphes tokionis (Kuwana) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
croton whitefly Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance & Baker) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
Cuban cockroach Panchlora nivea (Linnaeus) BLATTODEA Blaberidae
Cuban laurel thrips Gynaikothrips ficorum (Marchal) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
cucurbit longicorn Apomecyna saltator (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
cucurbit midge Prodiplosis citrulli (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
curled rose sawfly Allantus cinctus (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
currant aphid Cryptomyzus ribis (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
currant borer Synanthedon tipuliformis (Clerck) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
currant bud mite Cecidophyopsis ribis (Westwood) ACARI Eriophyidae
currant fruit fly Euphranta canadensis (Loew) DIPTERA Tephritidae
currant fruit weevil Pseudanthonomus validus Dietz COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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currant spanworm Itame ribearia (Fitch) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
currant stem girdler Janus integer (Norton) HYMENOPTERA Cephidae
cyclamen mite Phytonemus pallidus (Banks) ACARI Tarsonemidae
cynthia moth Samia cynthia (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae

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dandelion gall wasp Phanacis taraxaci (Ashmead) HYMENOPTERA Cynipidae
dark mealworm Tenebrio obscurus Fabricius COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
darksided cutworm Euxoa messoria (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
datebug Asarcopus palmarum Horvath HEMIPTERA Issidae
dectes stem borer Dectes texanus LeConte COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Dehli Sands flower-loving fly Rhaphiomidas terminatus abdominalis Cazier DIPTERA Apioceridae
dendrobium mealybug Pseudococcus dendrobiorum Williams HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
depluming mite Neocnemidocoptes gallinae (Railliet) ACARI Sarcoptidae
depressed flour beetle Palorus subdepressus (Wollaston) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
desert corn flea beetle Chaetocnema ectypa Horn COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
desert spider mite Tetranychus desertorum Banks ACARI Tetranychidae
devastating grasshopper Melanoplus devastator Scudder ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
diamondback moth Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Plutellidae
diamondbacked spittlebug Lepyronia quadrangularis (Say) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
dictyospermum scale Chrysomphalus dictyospermi (Morgan) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
differential grasshopper Melanoplus differentialis (Thomas) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
dingy cutworm Feltia jaculifera (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
dobsonfly* Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus) MEGALOPTERA Corydalidae
*Immature called hellgrammite
dock sawfly Ametastegia glabrata (Fallén) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
dodder gall weevil Smicronyx sculpticollis Casey COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
dog biting louse Trichodectes canis (De Geer) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
dog flea Ctenocephalides canis (Curtis) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
dog follicle mite Demodex canis Leydig ACARI Demodicidae
dog sucking louse Linognathus setosus (Olfers) PHTHIRAPTERA Linognathidae
dogwood borer Synanthedon scitula (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
dogwood clubgall midge Resseliella clavula (Beuterm) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
dogwood scale Chionaspis corni Cooley HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
dogwood spittlebug Clastoptera proteus Fitch HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
dogwood twig borer Oberea tripunctata (Swederus) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Douglas-fir beetle Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Douglas-fir cone gall midge Contarinia oregonensis Foote DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
Douglas-fir cone moth Barbara colfaxiana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
Douglas-fir cone scale midge Contarinia washingtonensis Johnson DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
Douglas-fir engraver Scolytus unispinosus LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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Douglas-fir pitch moth Synanthedon novaroensis (Hy. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
Douglas-fir pole beetle Pseudohylesinus nebulosus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Douglas-fir tussock moth Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
Douglas-fir twig weevil Cylindrocopturus furnissi Buchanan COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
driedfruit beetle Carpophilus hemipterus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Nitidulidae
driedfruit mite Carpoglyphus lactis (Linnaeus) ACARI Carpoglyphidae
driedfruit moth Vitula serratilineella Ragonot LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
drone fly Eristalis tenax (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Syrphidae
drugstore beetle Stegobium paniceum (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Anobiidae
dryberry mite Phyllocoptes gracilis (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
dryland wireworm Ctenicera glauca (Germar) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
dusky birch sawfly Craesus latitarsus Norton HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
dusky sap beetle Carpophilus lugubris Murray COLEOPTERA Nitidulidae
dusky stink bug Euschistus tristigmus (Say) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
duskyback leafroller Archips mortuana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae

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ear tick Otobius megnini (Dugès) ACARI Argasidae
eastern ash bark beetle Hylesinus aculeatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
eastern bat bug Cimex adjunctus Barber HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
eastern blackheaded budworm Acleris variana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
eastern cicada killer* Sphecius speciosus (Drury) HYMENOPTERA Crabronidae
*Also called cicada killer
eastern field wireworm Limonius agonus (Say) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
eastern fivespined ips Ips grandicollis (Eichhoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
eastern grape leafhopper Erythroneura comes (Say) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
eastern Hercules beetle Dynastes tityus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
eastern larch beetle Dendroctonus simplex LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
eastern lubber grasshopper Romalea microptera (Beauvois) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
eastern pine looper Lambdina pellucidaria (Grote & Robinson) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
eastern pine seedworm Cydia toreuta (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
eastern pine shoot borer Eucosma gloriola Heinrich LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
eastern pine weevil Pissodes nemorensis Germar COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
eastern spruce gall adelgid Adelges abietis (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
eastern subterranean termite Reticulitermes flavipes (Kollar) BLATTODEA Rhinotermitidae
eastern tent caterpillar Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae
eastern treehole mosquito Aedes triseriatus (Say) DIPTERA Culicidae
eastern yellowjacket Vespula maculifrons (Buysson) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
eggplant flea beetle Epitrix fuscula Crotch COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
eggplant lace bug Gargaphia solani Heidemann HEMIPTERA Tingidae
eggplant leafminer Tildenia inconspicuella (Murtfeldt) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae

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Egyptian alfalfa weevil Hypera brunnipennis (Boheman) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
eightspotted forester Alypia octomaculata (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
El Segundo blue Euphilotes battoides allyni (Shields) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
elegant sheep moth Hemileuca eglanterina (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
elder shoot borer Achatodes zeae (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
elm borer Saperda tridentata Olivier COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
elm calligrapha Calligrapha scalaris (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
elm casebearer Coleophora ulmifoliella McDunnough LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
elm cockscombgall aphid Colopha ulmicola (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
elm flea beetle Altica carinata Germar COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
elm lace bug Corythucha ulmi Osborn & Drake HEMIPTERA Tingidae
elm leaf aphid Tinocallis ulmifolii (Monell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
elm leaf beetle Xanthogaleruca luteola (Müller) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
elm leafminer Fenusa ulmi Sundeval HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
elm sawfly Cimbex americana Leach HYMENOPTERA Cimbicidae
elm scurfy scale Chionaspis americana Johnson HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
elm spanworm Ennomos subsignaria (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
elm sphinx Ceratomia amyntor (Geyer) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
elongate flea beetle Systena elongata (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
elongate hemlock scale Fiorinia externa Ferris HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
emarginate ips Ips emarginatus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
emerald ash borer Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
emerald cockroach wasp Ampulex compressa (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Sphecidae
Engelmann spruce weevil* Pissodes strobi (Peck) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called Sitka spruce weevil and white pine weevil
English grain aphid Sitobion avenae (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
erigeron root aphid* Protaphis middletoni Thomas HEMIPTERA Aphididae
*Also called corn root aphid
ermine moth Yponomeuta padella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Yponomeutidae
eucalyptus longhorned borer Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
eugenia caterpillar Targalla delatrix (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Eutellidae
euonymus scale Unaspis euonymi (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
eupatorium gall fly Procecidochares utilis Stone DIPTERA Tephritidae
Eurasian hemp borer Grapholita delineana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
Eurasian mealworm Opatroides punctulatus Brulle ́ COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
Eurasian pine adelgid Pineus pini (Macquart) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
European alder leafminer Fenusa dohrnii (Tischbein) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
European apple sawfly Hoplocampa testudinea (Klug) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
European chafer Rhizotrogus majalis (Razoumowsky) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
European cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis cerasi (L.) DIPTERA Tephritidae
European chicken flea Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank) SIPHONAPTERA Ceratophyllidae

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European corn borer Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
European crane fly Tipula paludosa Meigen DIPTERA Tipulidae
European earwig Forficula auricularia Linnaeus DERMAPTERA Forficulidae
European elm bark beetle Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
European elm flea weevil Orchestes alni (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
European elm scale Eriococcus spurius (Modeer) HEMIPTERA Eriococcidae
European fruit lecanium Parthenolecanium corni (Bouché) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
European fruit scale Diaspidiotus ostreaeformis (Curtis) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
European grain moth Nemapogon granella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
European grapevine moth Lobesia botrana (Denis & Schiffermüller) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
European honeysuckle leafroller Ypsolopha dentella (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Plutellidae
European hornet Vespa crabro Linnaeus HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
European house dust mite Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus ( Hering) ACARI Pyroglyphidae
European mantid Mantis religiosa Linnaeus MANTODEA Mantidae
European mouse flea Leptopsylla segnis (Schönherr) SIPHONAPTERA Leptopsyllidae
European oak borer Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
European paper wasp Polistes dominula (Christ) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
European paper wasp Polistes dominula (Christ) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
European peach scale Parthenolecanium persicae (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
European pine sawfly Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
European pine shoot moth Rhyacionia buoliana ([Denis & Schiffermüller]) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
European red mite Panonychus ulmi (Koch) ACARI Tetranychidae
European spruce beetle Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
European spruce sawfly Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
European wheat stem sawfly Cephus pygmaeus (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Cephidae
eyed click beetle Alaus oculatus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
eyespotted bud moth Spilonota ocellana ([Denis & Schiffermüller]) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae

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face fly Musca autumnalis De Geer DIPTERA Muscidae
fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
fall cankerworm Alsophila pometaria (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
fall webworm Hyphantria cunea (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
false celery leaftier Udea profundalis (Packard) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
false chinch bug Nysius raphanus Howard HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
false German cockroach Blattella lituricollis (Walker) BLATTODEA Blattellidae
false hemlock looper Nepytia canosaria (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
false potato beetle Leptinotarsa juncta (Germar) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
false stable fly Muscina stabulans (Fallén) DIPTERA Muscidae
feather mite Megninia cubitalis (Mégnin) ACARI Analgidae
fern aphid Idiopterus nephrelepidis Davis HEMIPTERA Aphididae

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fern scale Pinnaspis aspidistrae (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
Fernald cuckoo bumble bee Bombus fernaldae (Franklin) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
fiery hunter Calosoma calidum (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Carabidae
fiery skipper Hylephila phyleus (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
fig mite Aceria fica (Cotte) ACARI Eriophyidae
fig scale Lepidosaphes conchiformis (Gmelin) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
fig wasp Blastophaga psenes (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Agaonidae
Fijian ginger weevil Elytroteinus subtruncatus (Fairmaire) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
filament borer Nematocampa resistaria (Herrich-Schäffer) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
filbert aphid Myzocallis coryli (Goeze) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
filbert bud mite Phytopus avellanae (Nalepa) ACARI Phytopidae
filbert weevil Curculio uniformis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
filbertworm Cydia latiferreana (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
fir cone looper Eupithecia spermaphaga (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
fir engraver Scolytus ventralis LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
fir root bark beetle Pseudohylesinus granulatus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
fir seed moth Cydia bracteatana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
firebrat Thermobia domestica (Packard) THYSANURA Lepismatidae
firtree borer Semanotus litigiosus (Casey) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
fivespotted gamagrass leafhopper Dalbulus quinquenotatus DeLong & Nault HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
flat grain beetle Cryptolestes pusillus (Schönherr) COLEOPTERA Laemophloeidae
flatheaded appletree borer Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
flatheaded cone borer Chrysophana conicola Van Dyke COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
flatheaded fir borer Phaenops drummondi (Kirby) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
flax bollworm Heliothis ononis Denis & Schiffermüller LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Fletcher scale Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
floodwater mosquito Aedes sticticus (Meigen) DIPTERA Culicidae
Florida carpenter ant Camponotus atriceps (Fr. Smith) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Florida fern caterpillar Callopistria floridensis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Florida harvester ant Pogonomyrmex badius (Latreille) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Florida red scale Chrysomphalus aonidum (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
Florida wax scale Ceroplastes floridensis Comstock HEMIPTERA Coccidae
flower thrips Frankliniella tritici (Fitch) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
fluff louse Goniocotes gallinae (De Geer) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
flyspeck scale Gymnaspis aechmeae Newstead HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
follicle mite Demodex folliculorum (Simon) ACARI Demodicidae
forage looper Caenurgina erechtea (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Forbes scale Diaspidiotus forbesi (Johnson) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
foreign grain beetle Ahasverus advena (Waltl) COLEOPTERA Silvanidae
forest bumble bee Bombus sylvicola Kirby HYMENOPTERA Apidae
forest tent caterpillar Malacosoma disstria Hübner LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae

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forest tree termite Neotermes connexus Snyder BLATTODEA Kalotermitidae
forktailed bush katydid Scudderia furcata Brunner von Wattenwyl ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
Formosan subterranean termite Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki BLATTODEA Rhinotermitidae
fourbanded leafroller Argyrotaenia quadrifasciana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
foureyed spruce bark beetle Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
fourlined plant bug Poecilocapsus lineatus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Miridae
fourspotted spider mite Tetranychus canadensis (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
fourspotted tree cricket Oecanthus quadripunctatus Beutenm ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
fowl tick Argas persicus (Oken) ACARI Argasidae
foxglove aphid Aulacorthum solani (Kaltenbach) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
Franklin bumble bee Bombus franklini Frison HYMENOPTERA Apidae
frigate bird fly Olfersia spinifera (Leach) DIPTERA Hippoboscidae
fringed orchid aphid Cerataphis orchidearum (Westwood) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
frit fly Oscinella frit (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Chloropidae
fruittree leafroller Archips argyrospila (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
Fuller rose beetle Naupactus cervinus Boheman COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
furniture beetle Anobium punctatum (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Anobiidae
furniture carpet beetle Anthrenus flavipes LeConte COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
fuzzy-horned bumble bee Bombus mixtus Cresson HYMENOPTERA Apidae

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gallmaking maple borer Xylotrechus aceris Fisher COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Gambel oak borer Agrilus quercicola Fisher COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
garden fleahopper Microtechnites bractatus (Say) HEMIPTERA Miridae
garden millipede Oxidus gracilis Koch POLYDESMIDA Paradoxoxomatidae
garden springtail Bourletiella hortensis (Fitch) COLLEMBOLA Bourletiellidae
garden symphylan Scutigerella immaculata (Newport) SYMPHYLA Scutigerellidae
garden webworm Achyra rantalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
gardenia bud mite Colomerus gardeniella (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
genista caterpillar Uresiphita reversalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
German cockroach Blattella germanica (Linnaeus) BLATTODEA Blattellidae
German yellowjacket Vespula germanica (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
ghost ant Tapinoma melanocephalum (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
giant African snail Achatina fulica Bowdich STYLOMMATOPHORA Achatinidae
giant bark aphid Longistigma caryae (Harris) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
giant Hawaiian dragonfly Anax strenuus Hagen ODONATA Aeshnidae
giant palm borer Dinapate wrightii Horn COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
giant stag beetle Lucanus elaphus Fabricius COLEOPTERA Lucanidae
giant water bug Lethocerus americanus (Leidy) HEMIPTERA Belostomatidae
Giffard whitefly Bemisia giffardi (Kotinsky) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
ginger maggot Eumerus figurans Walker DIPTERA Syrphidae

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gladiolus thrips Thrips simplex (Morison) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
glassy cutworm Apamea devastator (Brace) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
glassy-winged sharpshooter Homalodisca vitripennis (Germar) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
globose scale Sphaerolecanium prunastri (Boyer de Fonscolombe) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
globular spider beetle Trigonogenius globulum Solier COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
gloomy scale Melanaspis tenebricosa (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
Glover scale Lepidosaphes gloverii (Packard) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
goat biting louse Bovicola caprae (Gurlt) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
goat follicle mite Demodex caprae Railliet ACARI Demodicidae
goat sucking louse Linognathus stenopsis (Burmeister) PHTHIRAPTERA Linognathidae
golden buprestid Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
golden cricket wasp Liris aurulentus (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Sphecidae
golden oak scale Asterolecanium variolosum (Ratzeburg) HEMIPTERA Asterolecaniidae
golden paper wasp Polistes aurifer Saussure HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
golden spider beetle Niptus hololeucus (Faldermann) COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
golden tortoise beetle Charidotella sexpunctata bicolor (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
goldeneyed lacewing Chrysopa oculata Say NEUROPTERA Chrysopidae
goldenglow aphid Uroleucon rudbeckiae (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
goldenheaded weevil Compasus auricephalus (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
goldspotted oak borer Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
goose body louse Trinoton anserinum (Fabricius) PHTHIRAPTERA Menoponidae
gooseberry fruitworm Zophodia grossulariella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
gooseberry witchbroom aphid Kakimia houghtonensis (Troop) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
gophertortoise tick Amblyomma tuberculatum Marx ACARI Ixodidae
gorse seed weevil Apion ulicis (Förster) COLEOPTERA Brentidae
grain mite Acarus siro Linnaeus ACARI Acaridae
grain rust mite Abacarus hystrix (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
grain thrips Limothrips cerealium (Haliday) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
granary weevil Sitophilus granarius (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
granulate ambrosia beetle Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Motschulsky) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
granulate cutworm Feltia subterranea (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
grape berry moth Paralobesia viteana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
grape blossom midge Contarinia johnsoni Felt DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
grape cane gallmaker Ampeloglypter sesostris (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
grape colaspis Colaspis brunnea (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
grape curculio Craponius inaequalis (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
grape erineum mite Colomerus vitis (Pagenstecher) ACARI Eriophyidae
grape flea beetle Altica chalybea Illiger COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
grape leaffolder Desmia funeralis (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
grape mealybug Pseudococcus maritimus (Ehrhorn) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Phylloxeridae

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grape plume moth Pterophorus periscelidactylus Fitch LEPIDOPTERA Pterophoridae
grape root borer Vitacea polistiformis (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
grape rootworm Fidia viticida Walsh COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
grape sawfly Erythraspides vitis (Harris) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
grape scale Diaspidiotus uvae (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
grape seed chalcid Evoxysoma vitis (Saunders) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
grape thrips Drepanothrips reuteri Uzel THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
grape trunk borer Clytoleptus albofasciatus (Laporte & Gory) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
grape whitefly Trialeurodes vittata (Quaintance) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
grapeleaf skeletonizer Harrisina americana (Guerin) LEPIDOPTERA Zygaenidae
grapevine aphid Aphis illinoisensis Shimer HEMIPTERA Aphididae
grapevine looper Eulithis diversilineata (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
grass fleahopper Halticus chrysolepis Kirkaldy HEMIPTERA Miridae
grass mite Siteroptes graminum (Reuter) ACARI Siteroptidae
grass sawfly Pachynematus extensicornis (Norton) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
grass scolytid Hypothenemus pubescens Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
grass sharpshooter Draeculacephala minerva Ball HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
grass sheathminer Cerodontha dorsalis (Loew) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
grass thrips Anaphothrips obscurus (Müller) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
grass webworm Herpetogramma licarsisalis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
grasshopper bee fly Systoechus vulgaris Loew DIPTERA Bombyliidae
grasshopper maggots Blaesoxipha spp. DIPTERA Sarcophagidae
gray garden slug Deroceras reticulatum (Müller) STYLOMMATOPHORA Agriolimacidae
gray lawn leafhopper Exitianus exitiosus (Uhler) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
gray pineapple mealybug Dysmicoccus neobrevipes Beardsley HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
gray sugarcane mealybug Dysmicoccus boninsis (Kuwana) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
gray sunflower seed weevil Smicronyx sordidus LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
gray willow leaf beetle Tricholochmaea decora decora (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
graybanded leafroller Argyrotaenia mariana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
great ash sphinx Sphinx chersis (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
Great Basin wireworm Ctenicera pruinina (Horn) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
great tree cricket Oecanthus major Walker ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
greedy scale Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
green budworm Hedya nubiferana (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
green cloverworm Hypena scabra (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
green fruitworm Lithophane antennata (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
green garden looper Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
green June beetle Cotinis nitida (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
green peach aphid Myzus persicae (Sulzer) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
green rose chafer Dichelonyx backi (Kirby) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae

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green scale Coccus viridis (Green) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
green shield scale Pulvinaria psidii Maskell HEMIPTERA Coccidae
green sphinx Tinostoma smaragditis (Meyrick) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
green spruce aphid Cinara fornacula Hottes HEMIPTERA Aphididae
green stink bug Chinavia hilaris (Say) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
greenbug Schizaphis graminum (Rondani) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
greenheaded spruce sawfly Pikonema dimmockii (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
greenhouse leaftier* Udea rubigalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
*Also called celery leaftier
greenhouse orthezia Orthezia insignis Browne HEMIPTERA Ortheziidae
greenhouse slug Milax gagates (Draparnaud) STYLOMMATOPHORA Limacidae
greenhouse stone cricket Tachycines asynamorus Adelung ORTHOPTERA Gryllacrididae
greenhouse thrips Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis (Bouch) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
greenhouse whitefly Trialeurodes vaporariorum (Westwood) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
greenstriped grasshopper Chortophaga viridifasciata (De Geer) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
greenstriped mapleworm Dryocampa rubicunda (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
gregarious oak leafminer Cameraria cincinnatiella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
ground mealybug Rhizoecus falcifer Künckel d'Herculais HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
guar midge Contarinia texana (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
Guatemalan potato moth Tecia solanivora (Povolny) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
guava moth Ophiusa disjungens (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Guinea ant Tetramorium bicarinatum (Nylander) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Guinea feather louse Goniodes numidae Möjberg PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
Gulf Coast tick Amblyomma maculatum Koch ACARI Ixodidae
Gulf wireworm Conoderus amplicollis (Gyllenhal) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
gypsy ant Aphaenogaster araneoides Emery HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
gypsy moth Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae

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hackberry blistergall psyllid Pachypsylla celtidisvesiculum Riley HEMIPTERA Aphalaridae
hackberry engraver Scolytus muticus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
hackberry lace bug Corythucha celtidis Osborn & Drake HEMIPTERA Tingidae
hackberry nipplegall maker Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Fletcher) HEMIPTERA Aphalaridae
hag moth Phobetron pithecium (J.E.Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Limacodidae
hairy chinch bug Blissus leucopterus hirtus Montandon HEMIPTERA Blissidae
hairy fungus beetle Typhaea stercorea (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Mycetophagidae
hairy maggot blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) DIPTERA Calliphoridae
hairy rove beetle Creophilus maxillosus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Staphylinidae
hairy spider beetle Ptinus villiger (Reitter) COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
half-black bumble bee Bombus vagans (Smith) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
Hall scale Nilotaspis halli (Green) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae

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hard maple budminer Obrussa ochrefasciella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Nepticulidae
harlequin bug Murgantia histrionica (Hahn) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
harlequin cockroach Neostylopyga rhombifolia (Stoll) BLATTODEA Blattidae
hau leafminer Philodoria hauicola (Swezey) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
Hawaiian antlion Eidoleon wilsoni (McLachlan) NEUROPTERA Myrmeleontidae
Hawaiian beet webworm Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
Hawaiian bud moth Helicoverpa hawaiiensis (Quaintance & Brues) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Hawaiian carpenter ant Camponotus variegatus (F. Smith) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Hawaiian flower thrips Thrips hawaiiensis (Morgan) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
Hawaiian grass thrips Anaphothrips swezeyi Moulton THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
Hawaiian happy face spider Theridion grallator Simon ARANEAE Theridiidae
Hawaiian pelagic water strider Halobates hawaiiensis Usinger HEMIPTERA Gerridae
Hawaiian sphinx Hyles calida (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
hawthorn lace bug Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
hawthorn mealybug Phenacoccus dearnessi (King) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
hazelnut weevil Curculio obtusus (Blanchard) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
head louse Pediculus humanus capitis De Geer PHTHIRAPTERA Pediculidae
heath spittlebug Clastoptera saintcyri Provancher HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
hellgrammite* Corydalus cornutus (Linnaeus) NEUROPTERA Corydalidae
*Adult called dobsonfly
hemispherical scale Saissetia coffeae (Walker) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
hemlock borer Phaenops fulvoguttata (Harris) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
hemlock engraver Scolytus tsugae (Swaine) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
hemlock looper Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
hemlock sawfly Neodiprion tsugae Ross HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
hemlock scale Abgrallaspis ithacae (Ferris) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
hemlock woolly adelgid Adelges tsugae Annand HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
hemp russet mite Aculops cannibicola (Farkas) ACARI Eriophyidae
Hessian fly Mayetiola destructor (Say) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
hibiscus erineum mite Aceria hibisci (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
hibiscus leafminer Philodoria hibiscella (Swezey) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
hibiscus mealybug Nipaecoccus viridis (Newstead) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
hibiscus whitefly Singhius hibisci (Kotinsky) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
hickory bark beetle Scolytus quadrispinosus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
hickory horned devil* Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
*Adult called regal moth
hickory leafroIler Argyrotaenia juglandana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
hickory plant bug Neolygus caryae (Knight) HEMIPTERA Miridae
hickory shuckworm Cydia caryana (Fitch) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
hickory tussock moth Lophocampa caryae Harris LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
hide beetle Dermestes maculatus De Geer COLEOPTERA Dermestidae

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high country bumble bee Bombus balteatus Dahlbom HYMENOPTERA Apidae
high noon ant Forelius pruinosus (Roger) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
High Plains grasshopper Dissosteira longipennis (Thomas) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
hobo spider Tegenaria agrestis (Walckenaer) ARANEAE Agelenidae
hog follicle mite Demodex phylloides Csokor ACARI Demodicidae
hog louse Haematopinus suis (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Haematopinidae
holly leafminer Phytomyza ilicis Curtis DIPTERA Agromyzidae
holly scale Dynaspidiotus britannicus (Newstead) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
hollyhock plant bug Brooksetta althaeae (Hussey) HEMIPTERA Miridae
hollyhock weevil Rhopalapion longirostre (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Brentidae
honey bee Apis mellifera Linnaeus HYMENOPTERA Apidae
honey bee mite Acarapis woodi (Rennie) ACARI Tarsonemidae
honeylocust plant bug Blepharidopterus chlorionis (Say) HEMIPTERA Miridae
honeylocust spider mite Platytetranychus multidigituli (Ewing) ACARI Tetranychidae
honeysuckle leafminer Swezeyula lonicerae Zimmerman & Bradley LEPIDOPTERA Elachistidae
honeysuckle sawfly Abia inflata (Norton) HYMENOPTERA Cimbicidae
hop aphid Phorodon humuli (Schrank) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
hop flea beetle Psylliodes punctulata Melsheimer COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
hop looper Hypena humuli Harris LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
hop plant bug Taedia hawleyi (Knight) HEMIPTERA Miridae
horn fly Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Muscidae
horned passalus Odontotaenius disjunctus (Illiger) COLEOPTERA Passalidae
horned squash bug Anasa armigera (Say) HEMIPTERA Coreidae
hornet moth Sesia apiformis (Clerck) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
horse biting louse Bovicola equi (Denny) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
horse bot fly Gasterophilus intestinalis (De Geer) DIPTERA Oestridae
horse follicle mite Demodex equi Railliet ACARI Demodicidae
horse sucking louse Haematopinus asini (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Haematopinidae
horseradish flea beetle Phyllotreta armoraciae (Koch) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
house centipede Scutigera coleoptrata (Linnaeus) SCUTIGEROMORPHA Scutigeridae
house cricket Acheta domesticus (Linnaeus) ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
house fly Musca domestica Linnaeus DIPTERA Muscidae
house mite Glycyphagus domesticus (DeGeer) ACARI Glycyphagidae
house mouse mite Liponyssoides sanguineus (Hirst) ACARI Macronyssidae
household casebearer Phereoeca uterella Walsingham LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
huisache girdler Oncideres pustulatus LeConte COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
human flea Pulex irritans (Linnaeus) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
Hunt bumble bee Bombus huntii Greene HYMENOPTERA Apidae
hunting billbug Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
hyaline grass bug Liorhyssus hyalinus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Rhopalidae

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ilima leafminer Philodoria marginestrigata (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
ilima moth Amyna natalis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
imbricated snout beetle Epicaerus imbricatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
immigrant acacia weevil Orthorhinus klugi Boheman COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
imperial moth Eacles imperialis (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
imported cabbageworm Pieris rapae (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Pieridae
imported crucifer weevil Baris lepidii Germar COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
imported currantworm Nematus ribesii (Scopoli) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
imported longhorned weevil Calomycterus setarius Roelofs COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
imported willow leaf beetle Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
incense-cedar wasp Syntexis libocedrii Rohwer HYMENOPTERA Anaxyelidae
Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
indiscriminate cuckoo bumble bee Bombus insularis (Smith) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
inornate scale Aonidiella inornata McKenzie HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
insidious flower bug Orius insidiosus (Say) HEMIPTERA Anthocoridae
introduced basswood thrips Thrips calcaratus Uzel THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
introduced pine sawfly Diprion similis (Hartig) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
io moth Automeris io (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
iris borer Macronoctua onusta Grote LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
iris thrips Iridothrips iridis (Watson) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
iris weevil Mononychus vulpeculus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Italian pear scale Epidiaspis leperii (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
itch mite Sarcoptes scabiei (De Geer) ACARI Sarcoptidae
ivy aphid Aphis hederae Kaltenbach HEMIPTERA Aphididae

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jack pine budworm Choristoneura pinus Freeman LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
jack pine sawfly Neodiprion pratti banksianae Rohwer HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
jack pine tip beetle* Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called red pine cone beetle
Japanese beetle Popillia japonica Newman COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
Japanese broadwinged katydid Holochlora japonica Brunner von Wattenwyl ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
Japanese grasshopper Oxya velox (Fabricius) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
Japanese pine blast scale* Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana)** HEMIPTERA Matsucoccidae
*Also called red pine scale
** Matsucoccus resinosae Bean & Godwin is a junior synonym.
Jeffrey pine beetle Dendroctonus jeffreyi Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Jerusalem cricket Stenopelmatus fuscus Haldeman ORTHOPTERA Stenopelmatidae
Johnson’s green lacewing Chrysoperla johnsoni Henry, Wells and Pupedis NEUROPTERA Chrysopidae
juniper midge Contarinia juniperina Felt DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae

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juniper scale Carulaspis juniperi (Bouché) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
juniper tip midge Oligotrophus betheli Felt DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
juniper webworm Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae

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Kamehameha butterfly Vanessa tameamea Eschscholtz LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
keyhole wasp Pachodynerus nasidens (Latreille) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
khapra beetle Trogoderma granarium Everts COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
kiawe bean weevil Algarobius bottimeri Kingsolver COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
kiawe flower moth Ithome concolorella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Cosmopterigidae
kiawe roundheaded borer Placosternus crinicornis (Chevrolat) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
kiawe scolytid Hypothenemus birmanus (Eichhoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Kirkaldy whitefly Dialeurodes kirkaldyi (Kotinsky) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
Klamathweed beetle Chrysolina quadrigemina (Suffrian) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
koa bug Coleotichus blackburniae White HEMIPTERA Scutelleridae
koa haole seed weevil Araecerus levipennis Jordan COLEOPTERA Anthribidae
koa moth Scotorythra paludicola (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
koa seedworm Cryptophlebia illepida (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
kou leafworm Ethmia nigroapicella (Saalm) LEPIDOPTERA Oecophoridae
kudzu bug Megacopta cribraria (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Plataspidae

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Lange metalmark Apodemia mormo langei Comstock LEPIDOPTERA Riodinidae
lantana cerambycid Plagiohammus spinipennis Thomson COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
lantana defoliator caterpillar Hypena strigatus (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
lantana gall fly Eutreta xanthochaeta Aldrich DIPTERA Tephritidae
lantana hispid Uroplata girardi Pic COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
lantana lace bug Teleonemia scrupulosa Stål HEMIPTERA Tingidae
lantana leaf beetle Octotoma scabripennis Guérin-Méneville COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
lantana leafminer Cremastobombycia lantanella Busck LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
lantana leaftier Salbia haemorrhoidalis Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
lantana plume moth Lantanophaga pusillidactyla (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Pterophoridae
lantana seed fly Ophiomyia lantanae (Froggatt) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
lantana stick caterpillar Neogalea sunia (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
lappet moth Phyllodesma americana (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae
larch aphid Cinara laricis (Hartig) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
larch casebearer Coleophora laricella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
larch sawfly Pristiphora erichsonii (Hartig) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
larder beetle Dermestes lardarius Linnaeus COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
large aspen tortrix Choristoneura conflictana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
large bigeyed bug Geocoris bullatus (Say) HEMIPTERA Geocoridae

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large chestnut weevil Curculio caryatrypes (Boheman) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
large chicken louse Goniodes gigas (Taschenberg) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
large cottony scale Pulvinaria mammeae Maskell HEMIPTERA Coccidae
large duck louse Trinoton querquedulae (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Menoponidae
large kissing bug Triatoma rubrofasciata (De Geer) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
large milkweed bug Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
large red slug Arion ater rufus (Linnaeus) STYLOMMATOPHORA Arionidae
large turkey louse Chelopistes meleagridis (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
larger black flour beetle Cynaeus angustus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
larger canna leafroller Calpodes ethlius (Stoll) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
larger elm leaf beetle Monocesta coryli (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus (Horn) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
larger Hawaiian cutworm Agrotis crinigera (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
larger lantana butterfly Tmolus echion (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
larger Mexican pine beetle Dendroctonus approximatus Dietz COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
larger pale trogiid Trogium pulsatorium (Linnaeus) PSOCOPTERA Trogiidae
larger shothole borer Scolytus mali (Bechstein) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
larger tamarisk beetle Diorhabda carinata (Faldermann) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
larger yellow ant Acanthomyops interjectus (Mayr) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
latania scale Hemiberlesia lataniae (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
latrine fly Fannia scalaris (Fabricius) DIPTERA Fanniidae
lawn armyworm Spodoptera mauritia (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
lawn leafhopper Deltocephalus hospes Kirkaldy HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
leadcable borer Scobicia declivis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
leaf crumpler Acrobasis indigenella (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
leaffooted bug Leptoglossus phyllopus (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Coreidae
leaffooted pine seed bug Leptoglossus corculus (Say) HEMIPTERA Coreidae
leafhopper assassin bug Zelus renardii Kolenati HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
leek moth Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Acrolepiidae
lemon cuckoo bumble bee Bombus citrinus (Smith) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
leopard moth Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Cossidae
lespedeza webworm Pococera scortealis (Lederer) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
lesser appleworm Grapholita prunivora (Walsh) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
lesser brown scorpion Isometrus maculatus De Geer SCORPIONES Buthidae
lesser bud moth Recurvaria nanella Denis & Schiffermüller LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
lesser bulb fly Eumerus tuberculatus Rondani DIPTERA Syrphidae
lesser canna leafroller Geshna cannalis (Quaintance) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
lesser clover leaf weevil Hypera nigrirostris (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
lesser cornstalk borer Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
lesser ensign wasp Szepligetella sericea (Cameron) HYMENOPTERA Evaniidae
lesser follicle mite Demodex brevis Bulanova ACARI Demodicidae

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lesser grain borer Rhyzopertha dominica (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
lesser lawn leafhopper Graminella sonora (Ball) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
lesser mealworm Alphitobius diaperinus (Panzer) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
lesser orchid weevil Orchidophilus peregrinator Buchanan COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
lesser peachtree borer Synanthedon pictipes (Grote & Robinson) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
lesser wax moth Achroia grisella (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
lettuce root aphid Pemphigus bursarius (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
leucaena psyllid Heteropsylla cubana Crawford HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
light brown apple moth Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
lilac borer* Podosesia syringae (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
*Also called ash borer
lilac leafminer Caloptilia syringella (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
lilac root weevil Otiorhynchus meridionalis Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
lily bulb thrips Liothrips vaneeckei Priesner THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
lily leaf beetle Lilioceris lilii (Scopoli) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
lily weevil Agasphaerops nigra Horn COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
limabean pod borer Etiella zinckenella (Treitschke) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
limabean vine borer Monoptilota pergratialis (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
lime swallowtail Papilio demoleus Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
linden borer Saperda vestita Say COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
linden looper Erannis tiliaria (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
lined click beetle Agriotes lineatus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
lined spittlebug Neophilaenus lineatus (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
lined stalk borer Oligia fractilinea (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
lion beetle Ulochaetes leoninus LeConte COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
litchi fruit moth Cryptophlebia ombrodelta (Lower) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
litchi mite Aceria litchii (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
little black ant Monomorium minimum (Buckley) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
little blue cattle louse Solenopotes capillatus (Enderlein) PHTHIRAPTERA Linognathidae
little brown mealybug destroyer Nephus sordidus (Horn) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
little carpenterworm Prionoxystus macmurtrei (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Cossidae
little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata (Roger) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
little green leafhopper Balclutha incisa hospes (Kirkaldy) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
little house fly Fannia canicularis (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Fanniidae
little yellow ant Plagiolepis alluaudi Emery HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
loblolly pine sawfly Neodiprion taedae linearis Ross HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
locust borer Megacyllene robiniae (Förster) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
locust leafminer Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
locust leafroller Sciota subcaesiella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
locust twig borer Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
lodgepole cone beetle* Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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lodgepole needleminer Coleotechnites milleri (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
lodgepole pine beetle Dendroctonus murrayanae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
lodgepole sawfly Neodiprion burkei Middleton HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
lodgepole terminal weevil Pissodes terminalis Hopping COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
lone star tick Amblyomma americanum (Linnaeus) ACARI Ixodidae
long brown scale Coccus longulus (Douglas) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
longheaded flour beetle Latheticus oryzae Waterhouse COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
longleaf pine seedworm Cydia ingens (Heinrich) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
longlegged ant Anoplolepis gracilipes (Fr. Smith) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
longnosed cattle louse Linognathus vituli (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Linognathidae
longtailed fruit fly parasite Opius longicaudatus Ashmead HYMENOPTERA Braconidae
longtailed mealybug Pseudococcus longispinus (Targioni Tozzetti) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
lotis blue Lycaeides argyrognomon lotis (Lintner) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
Louisiana red crayfish Procambarus clarkii (Girard) DECAPODA Cambaridae
lowland tree termite Incisitermes immigrans (Snyder) BLATTODEA Kalotermitidae
lubber grasshopper Brachystola magna (Girard) ORTHOPTERA Romaleidae
luna moth Actias luna (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae

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Macao paper wasp Polistes olivaceus (De Geer) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
Madeira cockroach Rhyparobia maderae (Fabricius) BLATTODEA Blaberidae
madeira mealybug Phenacoccus madeirensis Green HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
magnolia scale Neolecanium cornuparvum (Thro) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
mahogany bark weevil Macrocopturus floridanus (Fall) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
mahogany leafminer Phyllocnistis meliacella Becker LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
mahogany webworm Macalla thyrsisalis Walker LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
maize billbug Sphenophorus maidis Chittenden COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
maize weevil Sitophilus zeamais Motschulsky COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
mango bark beetle Hypocryphalus mangiferae (Stebbing) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
mango bud mite Aceria mangiferae Sayed ACARI Eriophyidae
mango flower beetle Protaetia fusca (Herbst) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
mango shoot caterpillar Penicillaria jocosatrix Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Eutellidae
mango spider mite Oligonychus mangiferus (Rahman & Sapra) ACARI Tetranychidae
mango weevil Cryptorhynchus mangiferae (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
manzanita leafgall aphid Tamalia coweni (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
maple bladdergall mite Vasates quadripedes Shimer ACARI Eriophyidae
maple callus borer Synanthedon acerni (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
maple leafcutter Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch) LEPIDOPTERA Incurvariidae
maple petiole borer Caulocampus acericaulis (MacGillivray) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
maple trumpet skeletonizer Catastega aceriella Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae

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margined blister beetle Epicauta funebris Horn COLEOPTERA Meloidae
Maricopa harvester ant Pogonomyrmex maricopa Wheeler HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
marigold fruit fly Trupanea vicina (Wulp) DIPTERA Tephritidae
marsh slug Deroceras laeve (Müller) STYLOMMATOPHORA Agriolimacidae
masked hunter Reduvius personatus (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
Mauna Loa bean beetle Araecerus cumingi (Jekel) COLEOPTERA Anthribidae
McDaniel spider mite Tetranychus mcdanieli McGregor ACARI Tetranychidae
meadow plant bug Leptopterna dolabrata (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Miridae
meadow spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
meal moth Pyralis farinalis Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
mealy plum aphid Hyalopterus pruni (Geoffroy) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
mealybug destroyer Cryptolaemus montrouzieri Mulsant COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
Mediterranean flour moth Ephestia kuehniella (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
Mediterranean fruit fly Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann) DIPTERA Tephritidae
Mediterranean pine engraver Orthotomicus erosus (Wollaston) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Mediterranean recluse spider Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour) ARANEAE Sicariidae
Mediterranean tamarisk beetle Diorhabda elongata (Brullé) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
melastoma borer Nola brunellus (Hampson) LEPIDOPTERA Nolidae
melon aphid* Aphis gossypii Glover HEMIPTERA Aphididae
*Also called cotton aphid
melon fly Bactrocera cucurbitae Coquillett DIPTERA Tephritidae
melon thrips Thrips palmi Karny THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
melonworm Diaphania hyalinata (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
merchant grain beetle Oryzaephilus mercator (Fauvel) COLEOPTERA Silvanidae
Mexican bean beetle Epilachna varivestis Mulsant COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
Mexican bean weevil Zabrotes subfasciatus (Boheman) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Mexican black scale Saissetia miranda (Cockerell & Parrott) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
Mexican corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera zeae Krysan & Smith COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Mexican fruit fly Anastrepha ludens (Loew) DIPTERA Tephritidae
Mexican lac scale Tachardiella mexicana (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Kerriidae
Mexican leafroller Amorbia emigratella Busck LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
Mexican mealybug Phenacoccus gossypii Townsend & Cockerell HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
Mexican rice borer Eoreuma loftini (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
migratory grasshopper Melanoplus sanguinipes (Fabricius) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
mile-a-minute weevil Rhinoncomimus latipes Korotyaev COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
milfoil weevil Euhrychiopsis lecontei (Dietz) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
mimosa webworm Homadaula anisocentra Meyrick LEPIDOPTERA Galacticidae
mining scale Howardia biclavis (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
mint aphid Ovatus crataegarius (Walker) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
minute egg parasite Trichogramma minutum Riley HYMENOPTERA Trichogrammatidae
minute pirate bug Orius tristicolor (White) HEMIPTERA Anthocoridae

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mission blue Icaricia icarioides missionensis (Hovanitz) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
Modoc budworm Choristoneura retiniana (Walshingham) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
mold mite Tyrophagus putrescentiae (Schrank) ACARI Acaridae
monarch butterfly Danaus plexippus (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Danaidae
monkeypod moth Polydesma umbricola Boisduval LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
monkeypod roundheaded borer Xystrocera globosa (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Monterey pine cone beetle Conophthorus radiatae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Monterey pine resin midge Cecidomyia resinicoloides Williams DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
Monterey pine weevil Pissodes radiatae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Mormon cricket Anabrus simplex Haldeman ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
morningglory leafminer Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Bedellidae
Morrill lace bug Corythucha morrilli Osborn & Drake HEMIPTERA Tingidae
Morrison bumble bee Bombus morrisoni Cresson HYMENOPTERA Apidae
mossyrose gall wasp Diplolepis rosae (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Cynipidae
mottled tortoise beetle Deloyala guttata (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
mountain leafhopper Colladonus montanus (Van Duzee) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
mountain pine beetle Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
mountain pine coneworm Dioryctria yatesi Mutuura & Munroe LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
mountain-ash sawfly Pristiphora geniculata (Hartig) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
mourningcloak butterfly Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
mulberry whitefly Tetraleurodes mori (Quaintance) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
mullein thrips Haplothrips verbasci (Osborn) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
multicolored Asian lady beetle Harmonia axyridis (Pallas) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae

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Nantucket pine tip moth Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
narcissus bulb fly Merodon equestris (Fabricius) DIPTERA Syrphidae
narrownecked grain beetle Omonadus floralis (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Anthicidae
narrowwinged mantid Tenodera augustipennis Saussure MANTODEA Mantidae
native elm bark beetle Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
native holly leafminer Phytomyza ilicicola Loew DIPTERA Agromyzidae
navel orangeworm Amyelois transitella (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
Nevada buck moth Hemileuca nevadensis Stretch LEPIDOPTERA Saturniiidae
Nevada bumble bee Bombus nevadensis Cresson HYMENOPTERA Apidae
Nevada sage grasshopper Melanoplus rugglesi Gurney ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
New Guinea sugarcane weevil Rhabdoscelus obscurus (Boisduval) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
new house borer Arhopalus productus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
New York weevil Ithycerus noveboracensis (Förster) COLEOPTERA Ithyceridae
nigra scale Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) HEMIPTERA Coccidae

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ninespotted lady beetle Coccinella novemnotata Herbst COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
northeastern sawyer Monochamus notatus (Drury) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
northern amber bumble bee Bombus borealis (Kirby) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
northern cattle grub Hypoderma bovis (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Oestridae
northern corn rootworm Diabrotica barberi Smith & Lawrence COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
northern fowl mite Ornithonyssus sylviarum (Canestrini & Fanzago) ACARI Macronyssidae
northern house mosquito Culex pipiens Linnaeus DIPTERA Culicidae
northern masked chafer Cyclocephala borealis Arrow COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
northern mole cricket Neocurtilla hexadactyla (Perty) ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
northern pitch twig moth Retinia albicapitana (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
northern rat flea Nosopsyllus fasciatus (Bosc) SIPHONAPTERA Ceratophyllidae
northern red oak kermes Allokermes kingii (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Kermesidae
northern spruce engraver Ips perturbatus (Eichoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
northern tamarisk beetle Diorhabda carinulata (Desbrochers) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
northwest coast mosquito Aedes aboriginis Dyar DIPTERA Culicidae
Norway maple aphid Periphyllus lyropictus (Kessler) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
nose bot fly Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Oestridae
nutgrass armyworm Spodoptera exempta (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
nutgrass billbug Sphenophorus cariosus (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
nutgrass borer moth Bactra venosana (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
nutgrass weevil Athesapeuta cyperi Marshall COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Nuttall blister beetle Lytta nuttalli Say COLEOPTERA Meloidae

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oak clearwing moth Paranthrene asilipennis (Guérin-Méneville) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
oak leafroller Archips semiferanus (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
oak leaftier Croesia semipurpurana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
oak lecanium Parthenolecanium quercifex (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
oak rough bulletgall wasp Disholcaspis quercusmamma (Walsh) HYMENOPTERA Cynipidae
oak sapling borer Goes tesselatus (Haldeman) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
oak skeletonizer Bucculatrix ainsliella Murtfeldt LEPIDOPTERA Bucculatricidae
oak timberworm Arrhenodes minutus (Drury) COLEOPTERA Brentidae
oak webworm Archips fervidana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
obliquebanded leafroller Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
obscure mealybug Pseudococcus viburni (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
obscure root weevil Sciopithes obscurus Horn COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
obscure scale Melanaspis obscura (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
oceanic burrower bug Fromundus pygmaeus (Dallas) HEMIPTERA Cydnidae
oceanic embiid Aposthonia oceania (Ross) EMBIIDINA Oligotomidae
oceanic field cricket Teleogryllus oceanicus (Le Guillou) ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae

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odd beetle Thylodrias contractus Motschulsky COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
odorous house ant Tapinoma sessile (Say) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
old house borer Hylotrupes bajulus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Old World bollworm Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
oleander aphid Aphis nerii Boyer de Fonscolombe HEMIPTERA Aphididae
oleander hawk moth Daphnis nerii (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
oleander pit scale Asterolecanium pustulans (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Asterolecaniidae
oleander scale Aspidiotus nerii Bouch HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
olive fruit fly Bactrocera oleae (Gmelin) DIPTERA Tephritidae
olive scale Parlatoria oleae (Colvée) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
omnivorous leafroller Platynota stultana Walsingham LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
omnivorous leaftier Cnephasia longana (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
omnivorous looper Sabulodes aegrotata (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
onespotted stink bug Euschistus variolarius (Palisot de Beauvois) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
onion aphid Neotoxoptera formosana (Takahashi) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
onion bulb fly Eumerus strigatus (Fallén) DIPTERA Syrphidae
onion maggot Delia antiqua (Meigen) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
onion plant bug Labopidea allii (Knight) HEMIPTERA Miridae
onion thrips Thrips tabaci Lindeman THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
orange mint moth Pyrausta orphisalis Walker LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
orange spiny whitefly Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
orange tortrix Argyrotaenia franciscana (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
orangedog Papilio cresphontes Cramer LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
orangehumped mapleworm Symmerista leucitys Franclemont LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
orangestriped oakworm Anisota senatoria (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
orangetailed potter wasp Delta latreillei petiolare (Schulz) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
orchid aphid Sitobion luteum (Buckton) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
orchidfly Eurytoma orchidearum (Westwood) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
Oregon ash bark beetle Hylesinus oregonus (Blackman) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Oregon fir sawyer Monochamus scutellatus oregonensis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Oregon wireworm Melanotus longulus oregonensis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
oriental beetle Anomala orientalis (Waterhouse) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
oriental cockroach Blatta orientalis Linnaeus BLATTODEA Blattidae
oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis Hendel DIPTERA Tephritidae
oriental fruit moth Grapholita molesta (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
oriental house fly Musca domestica vicina Macquart DIPTERA Muscidae
oriental moth Cnidocampa flavescens (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Limacodidae
oriental rat flea Xenopsylla cheopis (Rothschild) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
oriental stink bug Plautia stali Scott HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
ornate aphid Myzus ornatus Laing HEMIPTERA Aphididae
orthezia lady beetle Hyperaspis jocosa (Mulsant) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae

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oval guineapig louse Gyropus ovalis Burmeister PHTHIRAPTERA Gyropidae
oxalis spider mite Tetranychina harti (Ewing) ACARI Tetranychidae
oxalis whitefly Aleyrodes shizuokensis Kuwana HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
oystershell scale Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae

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Pacific beetle cockroach Diploptera punctata (Eschscholtz) BLATTODEA Blaberidae
Pacific cicada killer Sphecius convallis (Patton) HYMENOPTERA Crabronidae
Pacific Coast tick Dermacentor occidentalis Marx ACARI Ixodidae
Pacific Coast wireworm Limonius canus LeConte COLEOPTERA Elateridae
Pacific cockroach Euthyrrhapha pacifica (Coquebert) BLATTODEA Polyphagidae
Pacific dampwood termite Zootermopsis angusticollis (Hagen) BLATTODEA Termopsidae
Pacific flatheaded borer Chrysobothris mali Horn COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
Pacific kissing bug Oncocephalus pacificus (Kirkaldy) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
Pacific pelagic water strider Halobates sericeus Eschscholtz HEMIPTERA Gerridae
Pacific spider mite Tetranychus pacificus McGregor ACARI Tetranychidae
Pacific tent caterpillar Malacosoma constrictum (Hy. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae
Pacific willow leaf beetle Tricholochmaea decora carbo (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
Packard grasshopper Melanoplus packardii Scudder ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
painted beauty Vanessa virginiensis (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
painted hickory borer Megacyllene caryae (Gahan) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
painted lady Vanessa cardui (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
painted leafhopper Endria inimica (Say) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
painted maple aphid Drepanaphis acerifoliae (Thomas) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
pale apple leafroller Pseudexentera mali Freeman LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pale damsel bug Nabis capsiformis Germar HEMIPTERA Nabidae
pale juniper webworm Aethes rutilana (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pale leaf spider Cheiracanthium mordax L. Koch ARANEAE Clubionidae
pale leafcutting bee Megachile concinna Smith HYMENOPTERA Megachilidae
pale legume bug Lygus elisus Van Duzee HEMIPTERA Miridae
pale tussock moth Halysidota tessellaris (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
pale western cutworm Agrotis orthogonia Morrison LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
pales weevil Hylobius pales (Herbst) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
palesided cutworm Agrotis malefida Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
palestriped flea beetle Systena blanda Melsheimer COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
pallidwinged grasshopper Trimerotropis pallidipennis (Burmeister) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
palm leafskeletonizer Homaledra sabalella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
palm mealybug Palmicultor palmarum (Ehrhorn) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
palmerworm Dichomeris ligulella Hübner LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
pandanus mealybug Laminicoccus pandani (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
pandora moth Coloradia pandora Blake LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae

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pantropical huntsman spider Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus) ARANEAE Sparassidae
papaya fruit fly Toxotrypana curvicauda Gerstaecker DIPTERA Tephritidae
papaya mealybug Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
parasitic grain wasp Cephalonomia waterstoni Gahan HYMENOPTERA Bethylidae
parlatoria date scale Parlatoria blanchardi (Targioni Tozzetti) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
parsleyworm* Papilio polyxenes Stoll LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
*Adult called black swallowtail
parsnip webworm Depressaria pastinacella (Duponchel) LEPIDOPTERA Oecophoridae
pavement ant Tetramorium caespitum (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (Harris) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
pea leaf weevil Sitona lineatus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pea leafminer Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
pea moth Cydia nigricana (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pea weevil Bruchus pisorum (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
peach bark beetle Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
peach silver mite* Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart) ACARI Eriophyidae
*Also called plum rust mite
peach twig borer Anarsia lineatella Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
peachtree borer Synanthedon exitiosa (Say) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
peanut burrower bug Pangaeus bilineatus (Say) HEMIPTERA Cydnidae
pear midge Contarinia pyrivora (Riley) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
pear plant bug Neolygus communis (Knight) HEMIPTERA Miridae
pear psylla Cacopsylla pyricola Foerster HEMIPTERA Psyllidae
pear rust mite Epitrimerus pyri (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
pear sawfly Caliroa cerasi (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
pear thrips Taeniothrips inconsequens (Uzel) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
pearleaf blister mite Eriophyes pyri (Pagenstecher) ACARI Eriophyidae
pecan bud moth Gretchena bolliana (Slingerland) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pecan carpenterworm Cossula magnifica (Strecker) LEPIDOPTERA Cossidae
pecan cigar casebearer Coleophora laticornella Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
pecan leaf casebearer Acrobasis juglandis (LeBaron) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
pecan leaf phylloxera Phylloxera notabilis Pergande HEMIPTERA Phylloxeridae
pecan leaf scorch mite Eotetranychus hicoriae (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
pecan leafroll mite Aceria caryae (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
pecan nut casebearer Acrobasis nuxvorella Neunzig LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
pecan phylloxera Phylloxera devastatrix Pergande HEMIPTERA Phylloxeridae
pecan serpentine leafminer Stigmella juglandifoliella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Nepticulidae
pecan spittlebug Clastoptera achatina Germar HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
pecan weevil Curculio caryae (Horn) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pepper maggot Zonosemata electa (Say) DIPTERA Tephritidae
pepper weevil Anthonomus eugenii Cano COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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pepper-and-salt moth Biston betularia cognataria (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
peppergrass beetle Galeruca browni Blake COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
periodical cicada Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Cicadidae
persimmon borer Sannina uroceriformis Walker LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
persimmon psylla Trioza diospyri (Ashmead) HEMIPTERA Triozidae
phantom hemlock looper Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
Pharaoh ant Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
Philippine katydid Phaneroptera furcifera Stål ORTHOPTERA Tettigoniidae
phlox plant bug Lopidea davisi Knight HEMIPTERA Miridae
pickerelweed borer Bellura densa (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
pickleworm Diaphania nitidalis Cramer LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
pictured grasshopper Dactylotum bicolor (Thomas) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
pigeon fly Pseudolynchia canariensis (Macquart) DIPTERA Hippoboscidae
pigeon tremex Tremex columba (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Siricidae
pin oak kermes Allokermes galliformis (Riley) HEMIPTERA Kermesidae
pine bark adelgid Pineus strobi (Hartig) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
pine bud mite Trisetacus pini (Nalepa) ACARI Phytopidae
pine butterfly Neophasia menapia (Felder & Felder) LEPIDOPTERA Pieridae
pine candle moth Exoteleia nepheos Freeman LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
pine chafer Anomala oblivia Horn COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
pine colaspis Colaspis pini Barber COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
pine conelet bug Pappus luridus (Reuter) HEMIPTERA Miridae
pine conelet looper Nepytia semiclusaria (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
pine engraver Ips pini (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pine false webworm Acantholyda erythrocephala (Linnaeus) HYMENOPTERA Pamphiliidae
pine gall weevil Podapion gallicola Riley COLEOPTERA Brentidae
pine leaf adelgid Pineus pinifoliae (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Adelgidae
pine needle scale Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
pine needle sheathminer Zelleria haimbachi Busck LEPIDOPTERA Yponomeutidae
pine needleminer Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
pine root collar weevil Hylobius radicis Buchanan COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pine root tip weevil Hylobius assimilis Boheman COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pine rosette mite Trisetacus gemmavitians Styer ACARI Phytopidae
pine spittlebug Aphrophora cribrata (Walker) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
pine tortoise scale Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
pine tube moth Argyrotaenia pinatubana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pine tussock moth Dasychira pinicola (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
pine webworm Pococera robustella Zeller LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
pineapple false spider mite Dolichotetranychus floridanus (Banks) ACARI Tenuipalpidae
pineapple mealybug Dysmicoccus brevipes (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
pineapple scale Diaspis bromeliae (Kerner) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae

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pineapple tarsonemid Steneotarsonemus ananas (Tryon) ACARI Tarsonemidae
pineapple weevil Metamasius ritchiei Marshall COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pink bollworm Pectinophora gossypiella (Saunders) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
pink hibiscus mealybug Maconellicoccus hirsutus (Green) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
pink scavenger caterpillar Pyroderces rileyi (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Cosmopterigidae
pink sugarcane mealybug Saccharicoccus sacchari (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
pinkstriped oakworm Anisota virginiensis (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
pinkwinged grasshopper Atractomorpha sinensis Bolivar ORTHOPTERA Pyrgomorphidae
pinon cone beetle Conophthorus edulis Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pinyon ips Ips confusus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pinyon needle scale Matsucoccus acalyptus (Herbert) HEMIPTERA Matsucoccidae
pinyon spindlegall midge Pinyonia edulicola Gagné DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
pipevine swallowtail Battus philenor (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
pistol casebearer Coleophora malivorella Riley LEPIDOPTERA Coleophoridae
pitch mass borer Synanthedon pini (Kellicott) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
pitch pine tip moth Rhyacionia rigidana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pitch twig moth Retinia comstockiana (Fernald) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
pitch-eating weevil Pachylobius picivorus (Germar) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
pitcherplant mosquito Wyeomyia smithii (Coquillett) DIPTERA Culicidae
plains false wireworm Eleodes opacus (Say) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
plains lubber grasshopper Brachystola magna (Girard) ORTHOPTERA Romaleidae
plaster beetle Cartodere constricta (Gyllenhal) COLEOPTERA Lathridiidae
plum curculio Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
plum gouger Coccotorus scutellaris (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
plum leafhopper Macropsis trimaculata (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
plum rust mite* Aculus fockeui (Nalepa & Trouessart) ACARI Eriophyidae
*Also called peach silver mite
plum webspinning sawfly Neurotoma inconspicua (Norton) HYMENOPTERA Pamphiliidae
plumeria borer Lagocheirus undatus (Voet) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
plumeria whitefly Paraleyrodes perseae (Quaintance) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
podocarpus aphid Neophyllaphis podocarpi Takahashi HEMIPTERA Aphididae
poinciana looper Pericyma cruegeri (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
polyphemus moth Antheraea polyphemus (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
pomegranate leafcurl mite Eriophyes granati (Canestrini & Massalono) ACARI Eriophyidae
ponderosa pine bark borer Acanthocinus princeps (Walker) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
ponderosa pine cone beetle* Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called lodgepole cone beetle and sugar pine cone beetle
ponderosa pine coneworm Dioryctria auranticella (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
ponderosa pine seedworm Cydia piperana Kearfott LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
ponderosa pine tip moth Rhyacionia zozana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
ponderosa pine twig scale Matsucoccus bisetosus Morrison HEMIPTERA Matsucoccidae

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poplar borer Saperda calcarata Say COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
poplar leaffolding sawfly Phyllocolpa bozemani (Cooley) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
poplar petiolegall aphid Pemphigus populitransversus Riley HEMIPTERA Aphididae
poplar tentmaker Clostera inclusa (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
poplar twig gall aphid Pemphigus populiramulorum Riley HEMIPTERA Aphididae
poplar twiggall fly Hexomyza schineri (Giraud) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
poplar vagabond aphid Mordvilkoja vagabunda (Walsh) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
poplar-and-willow borer Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
portulaca leafmining weevil Hypurus bertrandi Perris COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
potato aphid Macrosiphum euphorbiae (Thomas) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
potato flea beetle Epitrix cucumeris (Harris) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
potato leafhopper Empoasca fabae (Harris) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
potato psyllid* Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) HEMIPTERA Triozidae
*Also called tomato psyllid
potato scab gnat Pnyxia scabiei (Hopkins) DIPTERA Sciaridae
potato stalk borer Trichobaris trinotata (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
potato stem borer Hydraecia micacea (Esper) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
potato tuberworm Phthorimaea operculella (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
poultry bug Haematosiphon inodorus (Dugès) HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
poultry house moth Niditinea fuscella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
powderpost bostrichid Amphicerus cornutus (Pallas) COLEOPTERA Bostrichidae
prairie flea beetle Altica canadensis Gentner COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
prairie grain wireworm Ctenicera aeripennis destructor (Brown) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
Prescott scale Matsucoccus vexillorum Morrison HEMIPTERA Matsucoccidae
privet aphid Myzus ligustri (Mosley) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
privet leafminer Caloptilia cuculipennella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
privet mite Brevipalpus obovatus Donnadieu ACARI Tenuipalpidae
privet thrips Dendrothrips ornatus (Jablonowski) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
promethea moth Callosamia promethea (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
pruinose bean weevil Stator pruininus (Horn) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
prune leafhopper Edwardsiana prunicola (Edwards) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
pubescent leaf kermes Nanokermes pubescens (Bogue) HEMIPTERA Kermesidae
Puget Sound wireworm Ctenicera aeripennis aeripennis (Kirby) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
puncturevine seed weevil Microlarinus lareynii (Jacquelin du Val) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
puncturevine stem weevil Microlarinus lypriformis (Wollaston) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
purple scale Lepidosaphes beckii (Newman) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
purplebacked cabbageworm Evergestis pallidata (Hufnagel) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
purplespotted lily aphid Macrosiphum lilii (Monell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
puss caterpillar Megalopyge opercularis (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Megalopygidae
Putnam scale Diaspidiotus ancylus (Putnam) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
pyramid ant Dorymyrmex insanus (Buckley) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae

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pyriform scale Protopulvinaria pyriformis (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Coccidae

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quince curculio Conotrachelus crataegi Walsh COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
quince treehopper Glossonotus crataegi (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Membracidae

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rabbit louse Haemodipsus ventricosus (Denny) PHTHIRAPTERA Polyplacidae
rabbit tick Haemaphysalis leporispalustris (Packard) ACARI Ixodidae
ragweed borer Epiblema strenuana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
ragweed plant bug Chlamydatus associatus (Uhler) HEMIPTERA Miridae
rain beetles Pleocoma spp. COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
raisin moth Cadra figulilella (Gregson) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
range caterpillar Hemileuca oliviae Cockerell LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
range crane fly Tipula simplex Doane DIPTERA Tipulidae
rapid plant bug Adelphocoris rapidus (Say)* HEMIPTERA Miridae
*Synonymy of Adelphocoris superdus
raspberry bud moth Lampronia rubiella (Bjerkander) LEPIDOPTERA Prodoxidae
raspberry cane borer Oberea bimaculata (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
raspberry cane maggot Pegomya rubivora (Coquillett) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
raspberry crown borer Pennisetia marginata (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
raspberry fruitworm Byturus unicolor Say COLEOPTERA Byturidae
raspberry leafroller Olethreutes permundana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
raspberry sawfly Monophadnoides rubi (Harris) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
red admiral Vanessa atalanta (Fruhstorfer) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
red and black flat mite Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) ACARI Tenuipalpidae
red assassin bug Haematoloecha rubescens Distant HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
red carpenter ant Camponotus chromaiodes Bolton HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
red clover seed weevil Tychius stephensi Schönherr COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
red date scale Phoenicococcus marlatti Cockerell HEMIPTERA Phoenicococcidae
red elm bark weevil Magdalis armicollis (Say) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
red-faced banana spider Cupiennius chiapanensis Medina ARANEAE Ctenidae
red flour beetle Tribolium castaneum (Herbst) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
red grasshopper mite Eutrombidium trigonum (Hermann) ACARI Trombidiidae
red harvester ant Pogonomyrmex barbatus (F. Smith) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
red imported fire ant Solenopsis invicta Buren HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
red-legged banana spider Cupiennius coccineus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge ARANEAE Ctenidae
red milkweed beetle Tetraopes tetrophthalmus (Förster) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
red oak borer Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
red orchid scale Furcaspis biformis (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
red palm weevil Rhynocophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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red pine cone beetle* Conophthorus resinosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called jack pine tip beetle
red pine sawfly Neodiprion nanulus nanulus Schedl HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
red pine scale* Matsucoccus matsumurae (Kuwana)** HEMIPTERA Matsucoccidae
*Also called Japanese pine blast scale
** Matsucoccus resinosae Bean & Godwin is a junior synonym.
red pine shoot moth Dioryctria resinosella Mutuura LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
red sunflower seed weevil Smicronyx fulvus LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
red turnip beetle Entomoscelis americana Brown COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
red turpentine beetle Dendroctonus valens LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
red wax scale Ceroplastes rubens Maskell HEMIPTERA Coccidae
redbacked cutworm Euxoa ochrogaster (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
redbanded leafroller Argyrotaenia velutinana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
redbanded stink bug Piezodorus guildinii (Westwood) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
redbanded thrips Selenothrips rubrocinctus (Giard) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
redbay ambrosia beetle Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
redbelted bumble bee Bombus rufocinctus (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
redberry mite Acalitus essigi (Hassan) ACARI Eriophyidae
redblack oedemerid Eobia bicolor (Fairmaire) COLEOPTERA Oedemeridae
redbud leaffolder Fascista cercerisella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
redhaired pine bark beetle Hylurgus ligniperda (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
redheaded ash borer Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
redheaded jack pine sawfly Neodiprion rugifrons Middleton HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
redheaded pine sawfly Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
redhumped caterpillar Schizura concinna (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
redlegged flea beetle Derocrepis erythropus (Melsheimer) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
redlegged grasshopper Melanoplus femurrubrum (De Geer) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
redlegged ham beetle Necrobia rufipes (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Cleridae
redmargined assassin bug Scadra rufidens Stål HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
rednecked cane borer Agrilus ruficollis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
rednecked peanutworm Stegasta bosqueella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
redshouldered ham beetle Necrobia ruficollis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cleridae
redshouldered stink bug Thyanta custator accerra McAtee HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
redtailed spider wasp Tachypompilus analis (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Pompilidae
redtailed tachina Winthemia quadripustulata (Fabricius) DIPTERA Tachinidae
regal moth* Citheronia regalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
*Immature called hickory horned devil
relapsing fever tick Ornithodoros turicata (Dugès) ACARI Argasidae
resplendent shield bearer Coptodisca splendoriferella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Heliozelidae
reticulate mite Lorryia reticulata (Oudemans) ACARI Tydeidae
reticulatewinged trogiid Lepinotus reticulatus Enderlein PSOCOPTERA Trogiidae

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rhinoceros beetle Xyloryctes jamaicensis (Drury) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
Rhodesgrass mealybug Antonina graminis (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
rhododendron borer Synanthedon rhododendri (Beutenmuller) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
rhododendron gall midge Clinodiplosis rhododendri (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
rhododendron lace bug Stephanitis rhododendri Horvath HEMIPTERA Tingidae
rhododendron whitefly Dialeurodes chittendeni Laing HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
rhubarb curculio Lixus concavus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
ribbed pine borer Rhagium inquisitor (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
rice delphacid Tagosodes orizicolus (Muir) HEMIPTERA Delphacidae
rice leaffolder Lerodea eufala (Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
rice leafhopper Nephotettix nigropictus (Stål) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
rice moth Corcyra cephalonica (Stainton) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
rice root aphid Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale (Sasaki) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rice stalk borer Chilo plejadellus Zincken LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
rice stem stink bug Tibraca limbativentris Stal HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
rice stink bug Oebalus pugnax (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
rice water weevil Lissorhoptrus oryzophilus Kuschel COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
rice weevil Sitophilus oryzae (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
ridgewinged fungus beetle Thes bergrothi (Reitter) COLEOPTERA Lathridiidae
ringlegged earwig Euborellia annulipes (Lucas) DERMAPTERA Labiduridae
robust leafhopper Penestrangania robusta (Uhler) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
Rocky Mountain billbug Sphenophorous cicatristriatus Fahraeus COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Rocky Mountain grasshopper Melanoplus spretus (Walsh) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
Rocky Mountain maple felt mite Eriophyes calaceris (Keifer) ACARI Eriophyidae
Rocky Mountain wood tick Dermacentor andersoni Stiles ACARI Ixodidae
Rohwer’s pinyon sawfly Zadiprion rohweri (Middleton) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
rose aphid Macrosiphum rosae (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rose chafer Macrodactylus subspinosus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
rose curculio Merhynchites bicolor (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Attelabidae
rose leaf beetle Brachypnoea puncticollis (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
rose leafhopper Edwardsiana rosae (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
rose midge Dasineura rhodophaga (Coquillett) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
rose scale Aulacaspis rosae (Bouché) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
rose stem girdler Agrilus cuprescens Ménétriés COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
roseau cane scale Nipponaclerda biwakoensis Kuwana HEMIPTERA Aclerdidae
roseroot gall wasp Diplolepis radicum (Osten Sacken) HYMENOPTERA Cynipidae
roseslug Endelomyia aethiops (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
rosy apple aphid Dysaphis plantaginea (Passerini) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rosy predator snail Euglandina rosea (Förster) STYLOMMATOPHORA Spiraxidae
rotund tick Ixodes kingi Bishopp ACARI Ixodidae
rough harvester ant Pogonomyrmex rugosus Emery HYMENOPTERA Formicidae

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rough stink bug Brochymena quadripustulata (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
rough strawberry root weevil Otiorhynchus rugosostriatus (Goeze) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
roughskinned cutworm Proxenus mindara (Barnes & McDunnough) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
roundheaded appletree borer Saperda candida Fabricius COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
roundheaded cone borer Paratimia conicola Fisher COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
roundheaded fir borer Tetropium abietis Fall COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
roundheaded pine beetle Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
rugose spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus rugioperculatus Martin HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
Russian wheat aphid Diuraphis noxia (Kurdjumov) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rustic borer Xylotrechus colonus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
rusty banded aphid Dysaphis apiifolia (Theobald) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rusty grain beetle Cryptolestes ferrugineus (Stephens) COLEOPTERA Laemophloeidae
rusty millipede Trigoniulus lumbricinus (Gerst) SPIROBOLIDA Pachybolidae
rusty patched bumble bee Bombus affinis (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
rusty plum aphid Hysteroneura setariae (Thomas) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
rusty tussock moth Orgyia antiqua (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae

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saddleback caterpillar Sibine stimulea (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Limacodidae
saddled leafhopper Colladonus clitellarius (Say) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
saddled prominent Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
sagebrush defoliator Aroga websteri Clarke LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
Salt Creek tiger beetle Cicindela nevadica lincolniana Casey COLEOPTERA Carabidae
saltmarsh caterpillar Estigmene acrea (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
saltmarsh mosquito Aedes sollicitans (Walker) DIPTERA Culicidae
salvinia weevil Cyrtobagous salviniae Calder and Sands COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
samurai wasp Trissolcus japonicus (Ashmead) HYMENOPTERA Scelionidae
San Bruno elfin Incisalia fotis bayensis (R.M. Brown) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
San Jose scale Comstockaspis perniciosus (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
sand wireworm Horistonotus uhlerii Horn COLEOPTERA Elateridae
sandcherry weevil Coccotorus hirsutus Bruner COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Sanderson bumble bee Bombus sandersoni (Franklin) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
sapwood timberworm Elateroides lugubris (Say) COLEOPTERA Lymexylidae
Saratoga spittlebug Aphrophora saratogensis (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
Saskatoon borer Saperda candida bipunctata Hopping COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
satin moth Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
Saunders embiid Oligotoma saundersii (Westwood) EMBIIDINA Oligotomidae
sawtoothed grain beetle Oryzaephilus surinamensis (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Silvanidae
Say blister beetle Lytta sayi (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
Say stink bug Chlorochroa sayi (Stål) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae

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scab mite Psoroptes equi (Raspail) ACARI Psoroptidae
scaly grain mite Suidasia nesbitti Hughes ACARI Acaridae
scalyleg mite Knemidokoptes mutans (Robin & Lanquetin) ACARI Sarcoptidae
scarlet oak sawfly Caliroa quercuscoccineae (Dyar) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
Schaus swallowtail Papilio aristodemus ponceanus Schaus LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
Schoene spider mite Tetranychus schoenei McGregor ACARI Tetranychidae
screwworm Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel) DIPTERA Calliphoridae
sculptured pine borer Chalcophora angulicollis (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
scurfy scale Chionaspis furfura (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
secondary screwworm Cochliomyia macellaria (Fabricius) DIPTERA Calliphoridae
seedcorn beetle Stenolophus lecontei (Chaudoir) COLEOPTERA Carabidae
seedcorn maggot Delia platura (Meigen) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
sequoia pitch moth Synanthedon sequoiae (Hy. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
serpentine leafminer Liriomyza brassicae (Riley) DIPTERA Agromyzidae
sesbania clown weevil Eudiagogus pulcher Fahraeus COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
sevenspotted lady beetle Coccinella septempunctata Linnaeus COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
shaft louse Menopon gallinae (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Menoponidae
shallot aphid Myzus ascalonicus Doncaster HEMIPTERA Aphididae
sheep biting louse Bovicola ovis (Schrank) PHTHIRAPTERA Trichodectidae
sheep bot fly Oestrus ovis Linnaeus DIPTERA Oestridae
sheep follicle mite Demodex ovis Railliet ACARI Demodicidae
sheep ked Melophagus ovinus (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Hippoboscidae
sheep scab mite Psoroptes ovis (Hering) ACARI Psoroptidae
Sheridan’s green hairstreak Callophrys sheridanii (W. H. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
shieldbacked pine seed bug Tetyra bipunctata (Herrich-Schäffer) HEMIPTERA Scutelleridae
shortleaf pine cone borer Eucosma cocana Kearfott LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
shortnosed cattle louse Haematopinus eurysternus (Nitzsch) PHTHIRAPTERA Haematopinidae
shortwinged mole cricket Neoscapteriscus abbreviatus (Scudder) ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
shothole borer Scolytus rugulosus (Müller) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
Sigmoid fungus beetle Cryptophagus varus Woodroffe & Coombs COLEOPTERA Cryptophagidae
silkworm Bombyx mori (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Bombycidae
silky ant Formica fusca Linnaeus HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
silky cane weevil Metamasius hemipterus sericeus (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
silver fir beetle Pseudohylesinus sericeus (Mannerheim) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
silverfish Lepisma saccharina Linnaeus THYSANURA Lepismatidae
silverspotted skipper Epargyreus clarus (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Hesperiidae
silverspotted tiger moth Lophocampa argentata (Packard) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
sinuate lady beetle Hippodamia sinuata Mulsant COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
sinuate peartree borer Agrilus sinuatus (Oliver) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
Sitka bumble bee Bombus sitkensis Nylander HYMENOPTERA Apidae
Sitka spruce weevil* Pissodes strobi (Peck) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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sixspined ips Ips calligraphus (Germar) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
sixspotted mite Eotetranychus sexmaculatus (Riley) ACARI Tetranychidae
sixspotted thrips Scolothrips sexmaculatus (Pergande) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
slash pine flower thrips Gnophothrips fuscus (Morgan) THYSANOPTERA Phlaeothripidae
slash pine sawfly Neodiprion merkeli Ross HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
slash pine seedworm Cydia anaranjada (Miller) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
slender duck louse Anaticola crassicornis (Scopoli) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
slender goose louse Anaticola anseris (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
slender guinea louse Lipeurus numidae (Denny) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
slender guineapig louse Gliricola porcelli (Schrank) PHTHIRAPTERA Gyropidae
slender pigeon louse Columbicola columbae (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
slender seedcorn beetle Clivina impressifrons LeConte COLEOPTERA Carabidae
slender turkey louse Oxylipeurus polytrapezius (Burmeister) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
slender twig ant Pseudomyrmex gracilis (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
slenderhorned flour beetle Gnatocerus maxillosus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
small chestnut weevil Curculio sayi (Gyllenhal) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
small hive beetle Aethina tumida (Murray) COLEOPTERA Nitidulidae
small milkweed bug Lygaeus kalmii Stäl HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
small pigeon louse Campanulotes bidentatus compar (Burmeister) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
small southern pine engraver Ips avulsus (Eichhoff) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
small spruce bud scale Physokermes hemicryphus (Dalman) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
smaller European elm bark beetle Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
smaller Hawaiian cutworm Diarsia dislocata (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
smaller lantana butterfly Strymon bazochii (Bates) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
smaller Mexican pine beetle Dendroctonus mexicanus Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
smaller rice leafminer Hydrellia griseola Fall DIPTERA Ephydridae
smaller yellow ant Acanthomyops claviger (Roger) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
smalleyed flour beetle Palorus ratzeburgii (Wissmann) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
smartweed borer Ostrinia obumbratalis (Lederer) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
smeared dagger moth Acronicta oblinita (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Smith blue Euphilotes enoptes smithi (Mattoni) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
smokybrown cockroach Periplaneta fuliginosa (Serville) BLATTODEA Blattidae
smut beetle Phalacrus politus Melsheimer COLEOPTERA Phalacridae
snowball aphid Ceruaphis viburnicola (Gillette) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
snowy tree cricket Oecanthus fultoni (T. J. Walker) ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
solanaceous treehopper Antianthe expansa (Germar) HEMIPTERA Membracidae
solitary oak leafminer Cameraria hamadryadella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
sonchus fly Ensina sonchi (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Tephritidae
Sonoran bumble bee Bombus pensylvanicus subsp. sonorus Say HYMENOPTERA Apidae
Sonoran tent caterpillar Malacosoma tigris (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae

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sorghum midge Contarinia sorghicola (Coquillett) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
sorghum shoot fly Atherigona soccata (Rondani) DIPTERA Muscidae
sorghum webworm Nola sorghiella Riley LEPIDOPTERA Nolidae
sourbush seed fly Acinia picturata (Snow) DIPTERA Tephritidae
South African emex weevil Apion antiquum Gyllenhal COLEOPTERA Brentidae
South American rice miner Hydrellia wirthi Korytkowski DIPTERA Ephydridae
south coastal coneworm Dioryctria ebeli Mutuura & Munroe LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
southeastern blueberry bee Habropoda laboriosa (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Anthophoridae
southern armyworm Spodoptera eridania (Stoll) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
southern beet webworm Herpetogramma bipunctalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
southern black widow spider Latrodectus mactans (Fabricius) ARANEAE Theridiidae
southern buffalo gnat Cnephia pecuarum (Riley) DIPTERA Simuliidae
southern cabbageworm Pontia protodice (Boisduval & LeConte) LEPIDOPTERA Pieridae
southern cattle tick Boophilus microplus (Canestrini) ACARI Ixodidae
southern chinch bug Blissus insularis Barber HEMIPTERA Blissidae
southern corn billbug Sphenophorus callosus (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
southern corn rootworm* Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
*Adult called spotted cucumber beetle
southern corn stalk borer Diatraea crambidoides (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
southern fire ant Solenopsis xyloni McCook HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
southern garden leafhopper Empoasca solana DeLong HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
southern green stink bug Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
southern house mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus Say DIPTERA Culicidae
southern lyctus beetle Lyctus planicollis LeConte COLEOPTERA Lyctidae
southern masked chafer Cyclocephala lurida Bland COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
southern mole cricket Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos) ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
southern pine beetle Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
southern pine coneworm Dioryctria amatella (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
southern pine root weevil Hylobius aliradicis Warner COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
southern pine sawyer Monochamus titillator (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
southern plains bumble bee Bombus fraternus (Smith) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
southern potato wireworm Conoderus falli (Lane) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
southern red mite Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
southern tamarisk beetle Diorhabda meridionalis Berti and Rapilly COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
southwestern corn borer Diatraea grandiosella Dyar LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
southwestern Hercules beetle Dynastes granti Horn COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
southwestern ironclad beetle Zopherus nodulosus haldemani Horn COLEOPTERA Zopheridae
southwestern pine tiger moth Lophocampa ingens (H. Edwards, 1881) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
southwestern pine tip moth Rhyacionia neomexicana (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
southwestern squash vine borer Melittia calabaza Duckworth & Eichlin LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
southwestern tent caterpillar Malacosoma incurvum (Hy. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae

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sow thistle aphid Hyperomyzus lactucae (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
soybean aphid Aphis glycines Matsumura HEMIPTERA Aphididae
soybean looper Chrysodeixis includens (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
soybean nodule fly Rivellia quadrifasciata (Macquart) DIPTERA Platystomatidae
soybean thrips Neohydatothrips variabilis (Beach) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
Spanishfly Lytta vesicatoria (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
speckled green fruitworm Orthosia hibisci (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
spicebush swallowtail Papilio troilus Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
spider mite destroyer Stethorus punctum picipes Casey COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
spinach flea beetle Disonycha xanthomelas (Dalman) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
spinach leafminer Pegomya hyoscyami (Panzer) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
spined assassin bug Sinea diadema (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
spined rat louse Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister) PHTHIRAPTERA Polyplacidae
spined soldier bug Podisus maculiventris (Say) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
spined stilt bug Jalysus wickhami Van Duzee HEMIPTERA Berytidae
spiny assassin bug Polididus armatissimus Stål HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
spiny grass aphid Sipha elegans (del Guercio) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
spiny oakworm Anisota stigma (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Saturniidae
spinybacked spider Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) ARANEAE Araneidae
spiraling whitefly Aleurodicus dispersus Russell HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
spirea aphid Aphis spiraecola Patch HEMIPTERA Aphididae
spotted alfalfa aphid Therioaphis trifolii forma maculata (Buckton) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
spotted asparagus beetle Crioceris duodecimpunctata (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
spotted beet webworm Hymenia perspectalis (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
spotted blister beetle Epicauta maculata (Say) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
spotted cucumber beetle* Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi Barber COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
*Immature called southern corn rootworm
spotted cutworm Xestia spp. LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
spotted garden slug Limax maximus Linnaeus STYLOMMATOPHORA Limacidae
spotted hairy fungus beetle Mycetophagus quadriguttatus P. Miner COLEOPTERA Mycetophagidae
spotted lanternfly Lycorma delicatula (White) HEMIPTERA Fulgoridae
spotted-legged banana spider Cupiennius getazi Simon ARANEAE Ctenidae
spotted loblolly pine sawfly Neodiprion taedae taedae Ross HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
spotted Mediterranean cockroach Ectobius pallidus (Olivier) BLATTODEA Blattellidae
spotted pine sawyer Monochamus mutator LeConte COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
spotted tentiform leafminer Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Gracillariidae
spotted tussock moth Lophocampa maculata Harris LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
spotted-wing drosophila Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) DIPTERA Drosophilidae
spottedwinged antlion Dendroleon obsoletus (Say) NEUROPTERA Myrmeleontidae
spring cankerworm Paleacrita vernata (Peck) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
spruce aphid Elatobium abietinum (Walker) HEMIPTERA Aphididae

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spruce beetle Dendroctonus rufipennis Kirby COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
spruce bud midge Dasineura swainei (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
spruce bud moth Zeiraphera canadensis Mutuura & Freeman LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
spruce bud scale Physokermes piceae (Schrank) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
spruce budworm Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
spruce coneworm Dioryctria reniculelloides Mutuura & Munroe LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
spruce mealybug Puto sandini Washburn HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
spruce needleminer Taniva albolineana (Kearfott) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
spruce seed moth Cydia strobilella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
spruce spider mite Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi) ACARI Tetranychidae
squarenecked grain beetle Cathartus quadricollis (Guenée) COLEOPTERA Silvanidae
squarenosed fungus beetle Lathridius minutus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Lathridiidae
squash beetle Epilachna borealis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
squash bug Anasa tristis (De Geer) HEMIPTERA Coreidae
squash vine borer Melittia cucurbitae (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
stable fly Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Muscidae
stalk borer Papaipema nebris (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
star jasmine thrips Thrips orientalis (Bagnall) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
steelblue lady beetle Halmus chalybeus (Boisduval) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
Stevens leafhopper Empoasca stevensi Young HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
sticktight flea Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood) SIPHONAPTERA Pulicidae
stinging rose caterpillar Parasa indetermina (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Limacodidae
stink beetle Nomius pygameus (Dejean) COLEOPTERA Carabidae
stored nut moth Aphomia gularis (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
straw itch mite Pyemotes tritici (Lagrèze-Fossat & Montané) ACARI Pyemotidae
strawberry aphid Chaetosiphon fragaefolii (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
strawberry bud weevil Anthonomus signatus Say COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
strawberry crown borer Tyloderma fragariae (Riley) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
strawberry crown moth Synanthedon bibionipennis (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
strawberry crownminer Monochroa fragariae (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
strawberry leafroller Ancylis comptana (Frölich) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
strawberry root aphid Aphis forbesi Weed HEMIPTERA Aphididae
strawberry root weevil Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
strawberry rootworm Paria fragariae Wilcox COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
strawberry sap beetle Stelidota geminata (Say) COLEOPTERA Nitidulidae
strawberry spider mite Tetranychus turkestani Ugarov & Nikolski ACARI Tetranychidae
strawberry whitefly Trialeurodes packardi (Morrill) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
striped alder sawfly Hemichroa crocea (Geoffroy) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
striped ambrosia beetle Trypodendron lineatum (Olivier) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
striped blister beetle Epicauta vittata (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
striped cucumber beetle Acalymma vittatum (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae

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striped cutworm Euxoa tessellata (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
striped earwig Labidura riparia (Pallas) DERMAPTERA Labiduridae
striped flea beetle Phyllotreta striolata (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
striped garden caterpillar Trichordestra legitima (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
striped horse fly Tabanus lineola Fabricius DIPTERA Tabanidae
striped lynx spider Oxyopes salticus Hentz ARANEAE Oxyopidae
striped mealybug Ferrisia virgata (Cockerell) HEMIPTERA Pseudococcidae
striped pine scale Toumeyella pini (King) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
subtropical pine tip moth Rhyacionia subtropica Miller LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
subtropical tamarisk beetle Diorhabda sublineata (Lucas) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
subulina snail Subulina octona (Bruguière) STYLOMMATOPHORA Subulinidae
suckfly Tupiocoris notatus (Distant) HEMIPTERA Miridae
sugar maple borer Glycobius speciosus (Say) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
sugar pine cone beetle* Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called lodgepole cone beetle and ponderosa pine cone beetle
sugarbeet crown borer Hulstia undulatella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
sugarbeet root aphid Pemphigus populivenae Fitch HEMIPTERA Aphididae
sugarbeet root maggot Tetanops myopaeformis (Röder) DIPTERA Otitidae
sugarbeet wireworm Limonius californicus (Mannerheim) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
sugarcane aphid Melanaphis sacchari (Zehntner) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
sugarcane beetle Euetheola humilis rugiceps (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
sugarcane borer Diatraea saccharalis (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
sugarcane bud moth Erechthias flavistriata (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
sugarcane delphacid Perkinsiella saccharicida Kirkaldy HEMIPTERA Delphacidae
sugarcane lace bug Leptodictya tabida (Herrich-Schaeffer) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
sugarcane leaf mite Oligonychus indicus (Hirst) ACARI Tetranychidae
sugarcane leafmining beetle Aphanisticus cochinchinae seminulum Obenberger COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
sugarcane leafroller Omiodes accepta (Butler) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
sugarcane stalk mite Steneotarsonemus bancrofti (Michael) ACARI Tarsonemidae
sugarcane thrips Stenchaetothrips minutus (van Deventer) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
sumac flea beetle Blepharida rhois (Forster) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
sunflower beetle Zygogramma exclamationis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
sunflower bud moth Suleima helianthana (Riley) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
sunflower headclipping weevil Haplorhynchites aeneus (Boheman) COLEOPTERA Attelabidae
sunflower maggot Strauzia longipennis (Wiedemann) DIPTERA Tephritidae
sunflower midge Contarinia schulzi Gagné DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
sunflower moth Homoeosoma electellum (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
sunflower root weevil Baris strenua (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
sunflower seed midge Neolasioptera murtfeldtiana (Felt) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
sunflower spittlebug Clastoptera xanthocephala Germar HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
sunflower stem weevil Cylindrocopturus adspersus (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae

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Surinam cockroach Pycnoscelus surinamensis (Linnaeus) BLATTODEA Blaberidae
Swaine jack pine sawfly Neodiprion swainei Middleton HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
swallow bug Oeciacus vicarius Horvath HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
Swede midge Contarinia nasturtii Kieffer DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
sweetclover aphid Therioaphis riehmi (Börner) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
sweetclover root borer Walshia miscecolorella (Chambers) LEPIDOPTERA Cosmopterigidae
sweetclover weevil Sitona cylindricollis (Förster) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
sweetfern leaf casebearer Acrobasis comptoniella Hulst LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
sweetpotato flea beetle Chaetocnema confinis Crotch COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
sweetpotato hornworm Agrius cingulata (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
sweetpotato leaf beetle Typophorus nigritus viridicyaneus (Crotch) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
sweetpotato leafminer Bedellia orchilella Walsingham LEPIDOPTERA Bedellidae
sweetpotato leafroller Lygropia tripunctata (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
sweetpotato vine borer Omphisa anastomosalis (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
sweetpotato weevil Cylas formicarius elegantulus (Summers) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
sweetpotato whitefly Bemisia tabaci (Gennadius) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae
sweet potato delphacid Aloha ipomoeae Kirkaldy HEMIPTERA Delphacidae
sycamore lace bug Corythucha ciliata (Say) HEMIPTERA Tingidae
sycamore leaf beetle Neochlamisus platani (Brown) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
sycamore tussock moth Halysidota harrisii Walsh LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae

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Tahitian coconut weevil Diocalandra taitensis (Guérin-Méneville) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
tamarind weevil Sitophilus linearis (Herbst) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
tamarix leafhopper Opsius stactogalus Fieber HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
tarnished plant bug Lygus lineolaris (Palisot de Beauvois) HEMIPTERA Miridae
taro root aphid Patchiella reaumuri (Kaltenbach) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
tattooed wasps Zagrammosoma (Ashmead) HYMENOPTERA Eulophidae
tawny crazy ant Nylanderia fulva (Mayr) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
tawny garden slug Limacus flavus (Linnaeus) STYLOMMATOPHORA Limacidae
tawny mole cricket Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder) ORTHOPTERA Gryllotalpidae
tea scale Fiorinia theae Green HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
tenlined June beetle Polyphylla decemlineata (Say) COLEOPTERA Scarabaeidae
tenspotted lady beetle Bothrocalvia pupillata (Swartz) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
terrapin scale Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum (Pergande) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
tessellated scale Eucalymnatus tessellatus (Signoret) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
Texas citrus mite Eutetranychus banksi (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
Texas leafcutting ant Atta texana (Buckley) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
thief ant Solenopsis molesta (Say) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
thirteenspotted lady beetle Hippodamia tredecimpunctata tibialis (Say) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae

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thistle aphid Brachycaudus cardui (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
thread bug Empicoris rubromaculatus (Blackburn) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
threebanded leafhopper Erythroneura tricincta Fitch HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
threecornered alfalfa hopper Spissistilus festinus (Say) HEMIPTERA Membracidae
threelined leafroller Pandemis limitata (Robinson) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
threelined potato beetle Lema daturophila Kogan & Goeden COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
threespotted flea beetle Disonycha triangularis (Say) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
threestriped blister beetle Epicauta lemniscata (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Meloidae
threestriped lady beetle Brumoides suturalis (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
throat bot fly Gasterophilus nasalis (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Oestridae
thurberia weevil Anthonomus grandis thurberiae Pierce COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
tiger swallowtail Papilio glaucus Linnaeus LEPIDOPTERA Papilionidae
tilehorned prionus Prionus imbricornis (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
tipdwarf mite Calepiterimerus thujae (Garman) ACARI Eriophyidae
toad bug Gelastocoris oculatus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Gelastocoridae
tobacco aphid Myzus persicae ssp. nicotianae Blackman HEMIPTERA Aphididae
tobacco budworm Chloridea virescens (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
tobacco flea beetle Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
tobacco hornworm Manduca sexta (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
tobacco moth Ephestia elutella (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
tobacco stalk borer Trichobaris mucorea (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
tobacco thrips Frankliniella fusca (Hinds) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
tobacco wireworm Conoderus vespertinus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
tomato bug Engytatus modestus (Distant) HEMIPTERA Miridae
tomato fruitworm* Helicoverpa zea (Boddie) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
*Also called bollworm and corn earworm
tomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata (Haworth) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
tomato pinworm Keiferia lycopersicella (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Gelechiidae
tomato psyllid* Bactericera cockerelli (Sulc) HEMIPTERA Triozidae
*Also called potato psyllid
tomato russet mite Aculops lycopersici (Massee) ACARI Eriophyidae
toothed flea beetle Chaetocnema denticulata (Illiger) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
torpedo bug Siphanta acuta (Walker) HEMIPTERA Flatidae
torsalo Dermatobia hominis (Linnaeus, Jr.) DIPTERA Oestridae
transparentwinged plant bug Hyalopeplus pellucidus (Stål) HEMIPTERA Miridae
transverse lady beetle Coccinella transversoguttata richardsoni Brown COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
trefoil plant bug Plagiognathus chrysanthemi (Wolff) HEMIPTERA Miridae
trefoil seed chalcid Bruchophagus platypterus (Walker) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
tricolored bumble bee Bombus ternarius (Say) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
tropical bed bug Cimex hemipterus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
tropical fire ant Solenopsis geminata (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae

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tropical fowl mite Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese) ACARI Macronyssidae
tropical horse tick Anocentor nitens (Neumann) ACARI Ixodidae
tropical rat louse Hoplopleura pacifica Ewing PHTHIRAPTERA Hoplopleuridae
tropical rat mite Ornithonyssus bacoti (Hirst) ACARI Macronyssidae
tropical sod webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
tropical soda apple leaf beetle Gratiana boliviana Spaeth COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
tuber flea beetle Epitrix tuberis Gentner COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
tufted apple bud moth Platynota idaeusalis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
tule beetle Tanystoma maculicolle (Dejean) COLEOPTERA Carabidae
tulip bulb aphid Dysaphis tulipae (Boyer de Fonscolombe) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
tuliptree aphid Illinoia liriodendri (Monell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
tuliptree scale Toumeyella liriodendri (Gmelin) HEMIPTERA Coccidae
tumid spider mite Tetranychus tumidus Banks ACARI Tetranychidae
tupelo leafminer Antispila nysaefoliella Clemens LEPIDOPTERA Heliozelidae
Turkestan cockroach Blatta lateralis (Walker) BLATTODEA Blattidae
turkey chigger Neoschoengastia americana (Hirst) ACARI Trombiculidae
turkey gnat Simulium meridionale Riley DIPTERA Simuliidae
turnip aphid Lipaphis pseudobrassicae (Davis) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
turnip maggot Delia floralis (Fallén) DIPTERA Anthomyiidae
turpentine borer Buprestis apricans Herbst COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
twicestabbed lady beetle Chilocorus stigma (Say) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
twig girdler Oncideres cingulata (Say) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
twig pruner Anelaphus villosus (Fabricius) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
twinspotted budworm Hedya chionosema (Zeller) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
twobanded fungus beetle Alphitophagus bifasciatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
twobanded Japanese weevil Callirhopalus bifasciatus (Roelofs) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
twolined chestnut borer Agrilus bilineatus (Weber) COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
twolined spittlebug Prosapia bicincta (Say) HEMIPTERA Cercopidae
twomarked treehopper Enchenopa binotata (Say) HEMIPTERA Membracidae
twospotted bumble bee Bombus bimaculatus (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
twospotted grass bug Stenotus binotatus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Miridae
twospotted lady beetle Adalia bipunctata (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
twospotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae Koch ACARI Tetranychidae
twospotted stink bug Perillus bioculatus (Fabricius) HEMIPTERA Pentatomidae
two-spotted cricket Gryllus bimaculatus DeGeer ORTHOPTERA Gryllidae
twostriped grasshopper Melanoplus bivittatus (Say) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
twostriped walkingstick Anisomorpha buprestoides (Stoll) PHASMATODEA Pseudophasmatidae

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uglynest caterpillar Archips cerasivorana (Fitch) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
unicorn caterpillar Schizura unicornis (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae

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vagabond crambus Agriphila vulgivagella (Clemens) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
vagrant grasshopper Schistocerca nitens nitens (Thunberg) ORTHOPTERA Acrididae
Valley elderberry longhorn beetle Desmocerus californicus dimorphus Fisher COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Van Duzee treehopper Vanduzea segmentata (Fowler) HEMIPTERA Membracidae
van Dyke bumble bee Bombus vandykei Frison HYMENOPTERA Apidae
vanda thrips Dichromothrips corbetti (Priesner) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
variable cuckoo bumble bee Bombus variabilis (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
variable oakleaf caterpillar Lochmaeus manteo (Doubleday) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
varied carpet beetle Anthrenus verbasci (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
variegated cutworm Peridroma saucia (Hübner) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
vedalia Rodolia cardinalis (Mulsant) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
vegetable leafminer Liriomyza sativae Blanchard DIPTERA Agromyzidae
vegetable weevil Listroderes difficilis Germar COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
velvetbean caterpillar Anticarsia gemmatalis Hübner LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
verbena bud moth Endothenia hebesana (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
verde plant bug Creontiades signatus Distant HEMIPTERA Miridae
vespiform thrips Franklinothrips vespiformis (D.L. Crawford) THYSANOPTERA Aeolothripidae
vetch bruchid Bruchus brachialis (Förster) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
vexans mosquito Aedes vexans (Meigen) DIPTERA Culicidae
viburnum aphid Aphis viburniphila Patch HEMIPTERA Aphididae
viburnum leaf beetle Pyrrhalta viburni (Paykull) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
viceroy Limenitis archippus (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Nymphalidae
violet aphid Neotoxoptera violae (Pergande) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
violet sawfly Ametastegia pallipes (Spinola) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
Virginia pine sawfly Neodiprion pratti pratti Stoetzel HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
Virginia creeper leafhopper Erythroneura ziczac Walsh HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
Virginia creeper sphinx Darapsa myron (Cramer) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
Vosnesensky bumble bee Bombus vosnesenskii Radoszkowski HYMENOPTERA Apidae

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w-marked cutworm Spaelotis clandestina (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
walkingstick Diapheromera femorata (Say) PHASMATODEA Heteronemiidae
walnut aphid Chromaphis juglandicola (Kaltenbach) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
walnut blister mite Aceria erinea (Nalepa) ACARI Eriophyidae
walnut caterpillar Datana integerrima Grote & Robinson LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
walnut husk fly Rhagoletis completa Cresson DIPTERA Tephritidae
walnut scale Diaspidiotus juglansregiae (Comstock) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
walnut shoot moth Acrobasis demotella Grote LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
walnut sphinx Laothoe juglandis (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae

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walnut twig beetle Pityophthorus juglandis (Blackman) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
wardrobe beetle Attagenus fasciatus (Thunberg) COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
warehouse beetle Trogoderma variabile Ballion COLEOPTERA Dermestidae
warehouse pirate bug Xylocoris flavipes (Reuter) HEMIPTERA Anthocoridae
Warren root collar weevil Hylobius warreni Wood COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
warty grain mite Aeroglyphus robustus (Banks) ACARI Glycyphagidae
watercress leaf beetle Phaedon laevigatus (Duftschmid) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
watercress sharpshooter Draeculacephala mollipes (Say) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
watercress sowbug Lirceus brachyurus (Harger) ISOPODA Asellidae
waterlily aphid Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
waterlily leaf beetle Galerucella nymphaeae (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
waterlily leafcutter Synclita obliteralis (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
webbing clothes moth Tineola bisselliella (Hummel) LEPIDOPTERA Tineidae
webbing coneworm Dioryctria disclusa Heinrich LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae
wekiu bug Nysius wekiuicola Ashlock & Gange HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
West Indian drywood termite Cryptotermes brevis (Walker) BLATTODEA Kalotermitidae
West Indian cane weevil Metamasius hemipterus hemipterus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
West Indian flatid Anormenis antillarum (Kirkaldy) HEMIPTERA Flatidae
West Indian fruit fly Anastrepha obliqua (Macquart) DIPTERA Tephritidae
West Indian sweetpotato weevil Euscepes postfaciatus (Fairmaire) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western ash bark beetle Hylesinus californicus (Swaine) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western balsam bark beetle Dryocoetes confusus Swaine COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western bat bug Cimex pilosellus (Hovarth) HEMIPTERA Cimicidae
western bean cutworm Striacosta albicosta (Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
western bigeyed bug Geocoris pallens Stål HEMIPTERA Geocoridae
western black flea beetle Phyllotreta pusilla Horn COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western black widow spider Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie ARANEAE Theridiidae
western blackheaded budworm Acleris gloverana (Walsingham) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
western blacklegged tick Ixodes pacificus Cooley & Kohls ACARI Ixodidae
western bloodsucking conenose Triatoma protracta (Uhler) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
western boxelder bug Boisea rubrolineata (Barber) HEMIPTERA Rhopalidae
western cedar bark beetle Phloeosinus punctatus LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western cedar borer Trachykele blondeli Marseul COLEOPTERA Buprestidae
western cherry fruit fly Rhagoletis indifferens Curran DIPTERA Tephritidae
western chicken flea Ceratophyllus niger (Fox) SIPHONAPTERA Ceratophyllidae
western chinch bug Blissus occiduus Barber HEMIPTERA Blissidae
western cicada killer Sphecius grandis (Say) HYMENOPTERA Crabronidae
western conifer-seed bug Leptoglossus occidentalis Heidemann HEMIPTERA Coreidae
western corn rootworm Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western damsel bug Nabis alternatus Parshley HEMIPTERA Nabidae
western drywood termite Incisitermes minor (Hagen) BLATTODEA Kalotermitidae

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western field wireworm Limonius infuscatus Motschulsky COLEOPTERA Elateridae
western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande) THYSANOPTERA Thripidae
western grape leafhopper Erythroneura elegantula Osborn HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
western grape rootworm Bromius obscurus (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western grapeleaf skeletonizer Harrisina metallica Stretch LEPIDOPTERA Zygaenidae
western harvester ant Pogonomyrmex occidentalis (Cresson) HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
western hemlock looper Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
western lawn moth Tehama bonifatella (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
western lily aphid Ericaphis scoliopi (Essig) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
western oak looper Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria (Hulst) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
western pine beetle Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western pine budworm Choristoneura lambertiana (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
western pine cone beetle Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
western pine shoot borer Eucosma sonomana Kearfott LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
western pine tip moth Rhyacionia bushnelli (Busck) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
western pine tussock moth Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
western plant bug Rhinacloa forticornis Reuter HEMIPTERA Miridae
western poplar clearwing Paranthrene robiniae (Hy. Edwards) LEPIDOPTERA Sesiidae
western potato flea beetle Epitrix subcrinita LeConte COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western potato leafhopper Empoasca abrupta DeLong HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
western predatory mite Galendromus occidentalis (Nesbitt) ACARI Phytoseiidae
western pygmy blue Brephidium exilis (Boisduval) LEPIDOPTERA Lycaenidae
western spotted cucumber beetle Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata MannerheimCOLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western spruce budworm Choristoneura freemani Razowski LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
western striped cucumber beetle Acalymma trivittatum (Mannerheim) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western striped flea beetle Phyllotreta ramosa (Crotch) COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
western subterranean termite Reticulitermes hesperus Banks BLATTODEA Rhinotermitidae
western tarnished plant bug Lygus hesperus Knight HEMIPTERA Miridae
western tent caterpillar Malacosoma californicum (Packard) LEPIDOPTERA Lasiocampidae
western thatching ant Formica obscuripes Forel HYMENOPTERA Formicidae
western treehole mosquito Aedes sierrensis (Ludlow) DIPTERA Culicidae
western tussock moth Orgyia vetusta Boisduval LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
western w-marked cutworm Spaelotis bicava LaFontaine LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
western wheat aphid Diuraphis tritici (Gillette) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
western yellowjacket Vespula pensylvanica (Saussure) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
western yellowstriped armyworm Spodoptera praefica (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
wharf borer Nacerdes melanura (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Oedemeridae
wheat curl mite Aceria tosichella Keifer ACARI Eriophyidae
wheat head armyworm Dargida diffusa (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
wheat jointworm Tetramesa tritici (Fitch) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
wheat midge Sitodiplosis mosellana (Géhin) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae

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wheat stem maggot Meromyza americana Fitch DIPTERA Chloropidae
wheat stem sawfly Cephus cinctus Norton HYMENOPTERA Cephidae
wheat strawworm Tetramesa grandis (Riley) HYMENOPTERA Eurytomidae
wheat wireworm Agriotes mancus (Say) COLEOPTERA Elateridae
wheel bug Arilus cristatus (Linnaeus) HEMIPTERA Reduviidae
white apple leafhopper Typhlocyba pomaria McAtee HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
white cutworm Euxoa scandens (Riley) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
white fir needleminer Epinotia meritana Heinrich LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
white garden snail Theba pisana (Müller) STYLOMMATOPHORA Helicidae
white oak borer Goes tigrinus (De Geer) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
white peach scale Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni-Tozzetti) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
white pine aphid Cinara strobi (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
white pine cone beetle Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
white pine cone borer Eucosma tocullionana Heinrich LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
white pine sawfly Neodiprion pinetum (Norton) HYMENOPTERA Diprionidae
white pine weevil* Pissodes strobi (Peck) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
*Also called Englemann spruce weevil and Sitka spruce weevil
white-shouldered bumble bee Bombus appositus Cresson HYMENOPTERA Apidae
whitebacked garden spider Argiope trifasciata (Forskal) ARANEAE Araneidae
whitebanded elm leafhopper Scaphoideus luteolus Van Duzee HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
whitecrossed seed bug Neacoryphus bicrucis (Say) HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
whitefringed beetles Graphognathus spp. COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
whitelined sphinx Hyles lineata (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
whitemargined cockroach Melanozosteria soror (Brunner) BLATTODEA Blattidae
whitemarked fleahopper Spanagonicus albofasciatus (Reuter) HEMIPTERA Miridae
whitemarked spider beetle Ptinus fur (Linnaeus) COLEOPTERA Ptinidae
whitemarked treehopper Tricentrus albomaculatus Distant HEMIPTERA Membracidae
whitemarked tussock moth Orgyia leucostigma (J.E. Smith) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
whiteshouldered house moth Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Oecophoridae
whitespotted sawyer Monochamus scutellatus scutellatus (Say) COLEOPTERA Cerambycidae
Willamette spider mite Eotetranychus willamettei (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae
willow bark beetle Trypophloeus striatulua (Mannerheim) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
willow beaked-gall midge Rabdophaga rigidae (Osten Sacken) DIPTERA Cecidomyiidae
willow flea weevil Rhynchaenus rufipes (LeConte) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
willow redgall sawfly Pontania promixa (Serville) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
willow sawfly Nematus ventralis Say HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
willow shoot sawfly Janus abbreviatus (Say) HYMENOPTERA Cephidae
Wilson sphinx Hyles wilsoni (Rothschild) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
wing louse Lipeurus caponis (Linnaeus) PHTHIRAPTERA Philopteridae
winter cutworm Noctua pronuba (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
winter grain mite Penthaleus major (Dugès) ACARI Eupodidae

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winter moth Operophtera brumata (Linnaeus) LEPIDOPTERA Geometridae
winter tick Dermacentor albipictus (Packard) ACARI Ixodidae
woodrose bug Graptostethus manillensis (Stål) HEMIPTERA Lygaeidae
woods weevil Nemocestes incomptus (Horn) COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
woolly alder aphid Prociphilus tessellatus (Fitch) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
woolly apple aphid Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
woolly elm aphid Eriosoma americanum (Riley) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
woolly pear aphid Eriosoma pyricola Baker & Davidson HEMIPTERA Aphididae
woolly whitefly Aleurothrixus floccosus (Maskell) HEMIPTERA Aleyrodidae

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yam hawk moth Theretra nessus (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Sphingidae
yaupon psyllid Gyropsylla ilecis (Ashmead) HEMIPTERA Aphalaridae
yellow and black potter wasp Delta campaniforme campaniforme (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Vespidae
yellow bumble bee Bombus fervidus (Fabricius) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
yellow clover aphid Therioaphis trifolii (Monell) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
yellow garden spider Argiope aurantia Lucas ARANEAE Araneidae
yellow head bumble bee Bombus flavifrons Cresson HYMENOPTERA Apidae
yellow mealworm Tenebrio molitor Linnaeus COLEOPTERA Tenebrionidae
yellow pecan aphid Monelliopsis pecanis Bissell HEMIPTERA Aphididae
yellow rose aphid Rhodobium porosum (Sanderson) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
yellow scale Aonidiella citrina (Coquillett) HEMIPTERA Diaspididae
yellow spider mite Eotetranychus carpini borealis (Ewing) ACARI Tetranychidae
yellow stem borer Scirpophaga incertulas (Walker) LEPIDOPTERA Crambidae
yellow sugarcane aphid Sipha flava (Forbes) HEMIPTERA Aphididae
yellow woollybear Spilosoma virginica (Fabricius) LEPIDOPTERA Erebidae
yellowbanded bumble bee Bombus terricola (Kirby) HYMENOPTERA Apidae
yellowfaced leafhopper Scaphytopius loricatus (Van Duzee) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
yellowfever mosquito Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus) DIPTERA Culicidae
yellowheaded cutworm Apamea amputatrix (Fitch) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
yellowheaded fireworm Acleris minuta (Robinson) LEPIDOPTERA Tortricidae
yellowheaded leafhopper Xyphon flaviceps (Riley) HEMIPTERA Cicadellidae
yellowheaded spruce sawfly Pikonema alaskensis (Rohwer) HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae
yellowmargined leaf beetle Microtheca ochroloma Stål COLEOPTERA Chrysomelidae
yellownecked caterpillar Datana ministra (Drury) LEPIDOPTERA Notodontidae
yellowshouldered lady beetle Scymnodes lividigaster (Mulsant) COLEOPTERA Coccinellidae
yellowstriped armyworm Spodoptera ornithogalli (Guenée) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Yosemite bark weevil Pissodes schwarzi Hopkins COLEOPTERA Curculionidae
yucca moth Tegeticula yuccasella (Riley) LEPIDOPTERA Prodoxidae
yucca plant bug Halticotoma valida Townsend HEMIPTERA Miridae
Yuma spider mite Eotetranychus yumensis (McGregor) ACARI Tetranychidae

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zebra caterpillar Melanchra picta (Harris) LEPIDOPTERA Noctuidae
Zimmerman pine moth Dioryctria zimmermani (Grote) LEPIDOPTERA Pyralidae

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