Checklist of insects and mites


Scientific name Common name¹

Abebaea cervella Walsingham

(a leafroller moth)

Abgrallaspis ithacae (Ferris)

hemlock scale

Acantholyda erythrocephala (Linnaeus)

pine false webworm

Acantholyda pini Rohwer

(a web-spinning sawfly)

Acantholyda zappei (Rohwer)

(nesting-pine sawfly)

Acleris chalybeana (Fernald)

(a leafroller moth)

Acleris gloverana (Walsingham)

western blackheaded budworm

Acrobasis betulella Hulst

birch tubemaker

Acrobasis caryivorella Ragonot

(a casebearer)

Acrobasis demotella Grote

walnut shoot moth

Acrobasis juglandis (LeBaron)

pecan leaf casebearer

Acronicta americana (Harris)

American dagger moth

Acronicta lepusculina Guenee

cottonwood dagger moth

Actias luna (Linnaeus)

luna moth

Adelges abietis (Linnaeus)

eastern spruce gall adelgid

Adelges cooleyi (Gillette)

Cooley spruce gall adelgid

Adelges nordmannianae (Eckstein)

(a gall)

Adelges nusslini (Borner)

(a woolly aphid)

Adelges piceae (Ratzeburg)

balsam woolly adelgid

Aethes rutilana (Hubner)

pale juniper webworm

Agrilus acutipennis Mannerheim

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus angelicus Horn

(Pacific oak twig girdler)

Agrilus anxius Gory

bronze birch borer

Agrilus arcuatus torquatus LeConte

(hickory spiral borer)

Agrilus bilineatus (Weber)

twolined chestnut borer

Agrilus burkei Fisher

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus cephalicus LeConte

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus difficilis Gory

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus fuscipennis Gory

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus horni Kerremans

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus liragus Barter & Brown

bronze poplar borer

Agrilus otiosus Say

(a flatheaded borer)

Agrilus politus (Say)

(a flatheaded borer)

Agromyza albitarsis Meigen

(a leafminer fly)

Aleuroplatus coronatus (Quaintance)

(crown whitefly)

Alniphagus aspericollis (LeConte)

alder bark beetle

Alsophila pometaria (Harris)

fall cankerworm

Altica ambins LeConte

alder flea beetle

Amblycerus robiniae (Fabricius)

(a seed beetle)

Amphibolips confluenta (Harris)

large oak-apple wasp

Amphicerus bicaudatus (Say)

apple twig borer

Anacampsis niveopulvella (Chambers)

(a gelechiid moth)

Anacamptodes pergacilis (Hulst)

(a looper)

Andricus quercuscalifornicus (Bassett)

(a gall wasp)

Aneflormorpha subpubescens (LeConte)

(oak stem borer)

Anisococcus crawi (Coquillett)

(white sage mealybug)

Anisota rubicunda (Fabricius)

(green-striped mapleworm)

Anisota senatoria (J. E. Smith)

orangestriped oakworm

Anisota stigma (Fabricius)

spiny oakworm

Anisota virginiensis (Drury)

pinkstriped oakworm

Anomala oblivia Horn

pine chafer

Anoplonyx laricivorus (Rohwer & Middleton)

(twolined larch sawfly)

Anoplonyx occidens Ross

(western larch sawfly)

Anthaxia aeneogaster Laporte & Gory

(a flatheaded twig borer)

Antispila nysaefoliella Clemens

tupelo leafminer

Antron douglasii (Ashmead)

(spined turban gall)

Aphis gossypii Glover

cotton aphid, melon aphid

Aphis maculatae (Fitch)

(spotted poplar aphid)

Aphrophora parallela (Say)

pine spittlebug

Aphrophora saratogensis (Fitch)

Saratoga spittlebug

Apteromechus ferratus (Say)

(a wood-boring weevil)

Araecerus levipennis Jordan

koa haole seed weevil

Archips argyrospila (Walker)

fruittree leafroller

Archips fervidana (Clemens)

oak webworm

Archips negundana (Dyar)

(a leafroller)

Archodontes melanopus (Linnaeus)

(a roundheaded borer)

Argyresthia laricella Kearfott

(larch shoot moth)

Argyresthia thuiella (Packard)

arborvitae leafminer

Argyrotaenia juglandana (Fernald)

hickory leafroller

Argyrotaenia pinatubana (Kearfott)

pine tube moth

Argyrotaenia quercifoliana (Fitch)

(a leaf roller)

Argyrotaenia tabulana Freeman

(lodgepole needletier)

Arrhenodes minutus (Drury)

oak timberworm

Artipus floridanus Horn

(leaf notcher weevil)

Ascalapha odorata (Linnaeus)

black witch

Asphondylia ilicicola Foote

(a gall midge)

Asterocampa celtis (Boisduval & LeConte)

(hackberry butterfly)

Asterolecanium minus Lindinger

(a pit scale)

Asterolecanium pustulans (Cockerell)

oleander pit scale

Asterolecanium puteanum Russell

(holly pit scale)

Asterolecanium quercicola (Bouché)

(a pit scale)

Asterolecanium variolosum (Ratzeburg)

golden oak scale

Atimia confusa dorsalis LeConte

(a roundheaded borer)

Atimia confusa maritima Linsley

(a roundheaded borer)

Atimia huachucae Champlain and Knull

(a roundheaded borer)

Atimia vandykei Linsley

(a roundheaded borer)

Atta texana (Buckley)

Texas leafcutting ant

Atteva punctella (Cramer)

(ailanthus webworm)

Augomonoctenus libocedrii Rohwer

(incense-cedar cone sawfly)

Automeris io (Fabricius)

io moth

Azteca alfari Emery

(an ant)

Azteca constructor Emery

(an ant)

Baliosus ruber Weber

basswood leafminer

Barbara colfaxiana (Kearfott)

Douglas-fir cone moth

Barbara mappana Freeman

(cone moth)

Bassettia figni Kinsey

(a gall wasp)

Besbicus mirabilis (Kinsey)

(a gall wasp)

Bucculatrix albertiella Busck

(oak ribbedcase maker)

Bucculatrix canadensisella Chambers

birch skeletonizer

Bucculatrix recognita Braun

(an oak skeletonizer)

Buprestis aurulenta Linnaeus

golden buprestid

Caliroa lineata MacGillivary

(pin oak sawfly)

Caliroa quercuscoccineae Dyar

scarlet oak sawfly

Callidium hoppingi Linsley

(a roundheaded borer)

Callidium juniperi Fisher

(a roundheaded borer)

Callidium texanum Schaeffer

(a roundheaded borer)

Calligrapha scalaris (LeConte)

elm calligrapha

Callirhopalus bifasciatus (Roelofs)

(Japanese weevil)

Callirhytis cornigera (Osten Sacken)

(horned oak gall)

Callirhytis perdens (Kinsey)

(a gall wasp)

Callirhytis quercuspunctata (Bassett)

(gouty oak gall)

Caloptilia negundella (Chambers)

(boxelder leafroller)

Cameraria umbellulariae (Walsingham)

(a leafblotch miner)

Camponotus ferrugineus (Fabricius)

red carpenter ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus (De Geer)

black carpenter ant

Canarsia ulmiarrosorella (Clem.)

(a pyralid moth)

Carulaspis juniperi (Bouche)

juniper scale

Catynota stupida (Walker)

(a treehopper)

Caryobruchus gleditsiae (Linnaeus)

(a seed beetle)

Caryomyia holotricha (Osten Sacken)

(a gall midge)

Caryomyia sanguinolenta (Osten Sacken)

(a gall midge)

Caryomyia tubicola (Osten Sacken)

(a gall midge)

Cecidomyia piniinopis Osten Sacken

(gouty pitch midge)

Cecidomyia reeksi Vockeroth

(a gall midge)

Ceratomia undulosa (Walker)

(a sphinx moth)

Ceresium unicolor (Fabricius)

(a roundheaded borer)

Chaitophorus populicola (Thomas)

(an aphid)

Chalcophorella campestris (Say)

(flatheaded sycamore-heartwood borer)

Chionaspis americana Johnson

elm scurfy scale

Chionaspis corni Cooley

dogwood scale

Chionaspis lintneri Comstock

(linter scale)

Chionaspis pinifoliae (Fitch)

pine needle scale

Choristoneura conflictana (Walker)

large aspen tortrix

Choristoneura fumiferana (Clemens)

spruce budworm

Choristoneura lambertiana (Busck)

(sugar pine tortrix)

Choristoneura occidentalis Freeman

western spruce budworm

Choristoneura pinus Freeman

jack pine budworm

Choristoneura retiniana (Walsingham)

(mudoc budworm)

Choristoneura rosaceana (Harris)

obliquebanded leafroller

Chrysobothris azurea LeConte

(a flatheaded borer)

Chrysobothris femorata (Olivier)

flatheaded appletree borer

Chrysobothris mali Horn

Pacific flatheaded borer

Chrysobothris nixa Horn

(flatheaded cedar borer)

Chrysobothris sexsignata (Say)

(a flatheaded borer)

Chrysobothris texana LeConte

(a flatheaded borer)

Chrysobothris tranquebarica (Gmelin)

Australian pine borer

Chrysomela crotchi Brown

aspen leaf beetle

Chrysomela scripta Fabricius

cottonwood leaf beetle

Chrysomphalus obscurus

(obscure scale)

Chrysoteuchia topiaria (Zeller)

cranberry girdler

Cimbex americana Leach

elm sawfly

Cinara coloradensis (Gillette)

(black polished spruce aphid)

Cinara fomacula Hottes

green spruce aphid

Cinara sabinae (Gillette & Palmer)

(Rocky Mountain juniper aphid)

Cinara strobi (Fitch)

white pine aphid

Cinara tujafilina (del Guercio)

(an aphid)

Citheronia regalis (Fabricius)

regal moth

Clastoptera undulata Uhler

(a spittlebug)

Cnidocampa flavescens (Walker)

oriental moth

Coleophora laricella (Hubner)

larch casebearer

Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus)

(birch casebearer)

Coleophora ulmifoliella McDunnough

elm casebearer

Coleotechnites edulicola Hodges & Stevens

(pinyon needle miner)

Coleotechnites juniperella (Kearfott)

(a gelechiid moth)

Coleotechnites milleri (Busck)

lodgepole needleminer

Coleotechnites occidentis (Freeman)

(a gelechiid moth)

Coleotechnites piceaella (Kearfott)

(a gelechiid moth)

Coleotechnites thujaella (Kearfott)

(a gelechiid moth)

Colopha ulmicola (Fitch)

elm cockscomb gall aphid

Coloradia pandora Blake

pandora moth

Conophthorus banksianae McPherson

jack pine tip beetle

Conophthorus coniperda (Schwarz)

white pine cone beetle

Conophthorus edulis Hopkins

piñion cone beetle

Conophthorus lambertianae Hopkins

sugar pine cone beetle

Conophthorus monophyllae Hopkins

(single leaf piñion cone beetle)

Conophthorus monticolae Hopkins

mountain pine cone beetle

Conophthorus ponderosae Hopkins

ponderosa pine cone beetle

Conophthorus radiatae Hopkins

Monterey pine cone beetle

Conotrachelus affinis Boheman

(a hickory nut weevil)

Conotrachelus aratus (Germar)

(a snout weevil)

Conotrachelus hicoriae Schoof

(a snout weevil)

Conotrachelus juglandis LeConte

butternut curculio

Conotrachelus naso LeConte

(a snout weevil)

Conotrachelus posticatus Boheman

(a snout weevil)

Conotrachelus retentus (Say)

black walnut curculio

Contarinia cerasiserotinae (Osten Sacken)

(a gall midge)

Contarinia juniperina Felt

juniper midge

Contarinia negundifolia Felt

(boxelder gall midge)

Contarinia oregonensis Foote

(Douglas-fir cone midge)

Contarinia washingtonensis Johnson

(cone scale midge)

Coptotermes niger Snyder

(a termite moth)

Correbidia terminalis Hampson

(a ctenuchid moth)

Corthylus columbianus Hopkins

Columbian timber beetle

Corythucha aesculi O. & D.

(a lace bug)

Corythucha arcuata (Say)

oak lace bug

Corythucha ciliata (Say)

sycamore lace bug

Corythucha juglandis (Fitch)

(a walnut lace bug)

Corythucha pallipes Parshley

(a birch lace bug)

Cossula magnifica (Strecker)

pecan carpenterworm

Croesia semipurpurana (Kearfott)

oak leaftier

Croesus latitarsus Norton

dusky birch sawfly

Cryptococcus fagisuga Lindinger

beech scale

Cryptophlebia illepida (Butler)

koa seedworm

Cryptorhynchus lapathi (Linnaeus)

poplar-and-willow borer

Cryptotermes brevis (Walker)

West Indian drywood termite

Cudonigera houstonana (Grote)

(a budworm moth)

Curculio caryae (Horn)

pecan weevil

Curculio longidens (Chittenden)

(a snout weevil)

Curculio pardalis Chittenden

(a snout weevil)

Curculio sulcatulus (Casey)

(a snout weevil)

Curculio uniformis (LeConte)

filbert weevil

Cylindrocopturus eatoni Buchanan

(pine reproduction weevil)

Cyrtepistomus castaneus (Roelofs)

Asiatic oak weevil

Dasineura balsamicola (Lintner)

(balsam gall midge)

Dasineura rachiphaga Tripp

(spruce cone axis midge)

Dasychira basiflava (Packard)

(dark tussock moth)

Datana integerrima Grote & Robinson

walnut caterpillar

Datana ministra (Drury)

yellownecked caterpillar

Dendrocoris pini Montandon

(a stink bug)

Dendroctonus adjunctus Blandford

roundheaded pine beetle

Dendroctonus approximatus Dietz

Mexican pine beetle

Dendroctonus brevicomis LeConte

western pine beetle

Dendroctonus frontalis Zimmermann

southern pine beetle

Dendroctonus jeffreyi Hopkins

Jeffrey pine beetle

Dendroctonus ponderosae Hopkins

mountain pine beetle

Dendroctonus pseudotsugae Hopkins

Douglas-fir beetle

Dendroctonus rufipennis (Kirby)

spruce beetle

Dendroctonus simplex LeConte

eastern larch beetle

Dendroctonus terebrans (Olivier)

black turpentine beetle

Dendroctonus valens LeConte

red turpentine beetle

Derocrepis aesculi (Drury)

(a flea beetle)

Desmia funeralis (Hubner)

grape leaffolder

Diapheromera femorata (Say)

walkingstick

Diaphnocoris chlorionis (Say)

honeylocust plant bug

Dicerca divaricata (Say)

(a flatheaded borer)

Dicerca lurida (Fabricius)

(a flatheaded borer)

Dicerca tenebrica (Kirby)

(a flatheaded borer)

Dichelonyx valida LeConte

(a scarab beetle)

Dichomeris marginella (Fabricius)

juniper webworm

Dictyla montropidia (Stal)

(Spanish elm lacewing bug)

Dioryctria abietivorella (Grote)

(fir coneworm)

Dioryctria albovittella (Hulst)

(a coneworm)

Dioryctria amatella (Hulst)

southern pine coneworm

Dioryctria pygmaeella Ragonot

baldcypress coneworm

Dioryctria reniculelloides Mutuura & Munroe

spruce coneworm

Dioryctria resinosella Mutuura

red pine shoot moth

Dioryctria yatesi Mutuura & Munroe

(mountain pine coneworm)

Dioryctria zimmermani (Grote)

Zimmerman pine moth

Diplotaxis sordida (Say)

(a scarab beetle)

Diprion frutetorum Fabricius

(a sawfly)

Diprion similis (Hartig)

introduced pine sawfly

Dorcaschema alternatum (Say)

(a roundheaded borer)

Dorcaschema wildii Uhler

(mulberry borer)

Dryocoetes affaber (Mannerheim)

(a bark beetle)

Dryocoetes betulae Hopkins

birch bark beetle

Dryocoetes confusus Swaine

western balsam bark beetle

Dysmicoccus wistariae Green

(a mealybug)

Earomyia abietum McAlpine

(fir seed maggot)

Earomyia barbara McAlpine

(a cone maggot)

Earomyia longistylata McAlpine

(a cone maggot)

Ecdytolopha insiticiana Zeller

locust twig borer

Ectropis crepuscularia (D. & S.)

(saddleback looper)

Elaphidionoides villosus (Fabricius)

(twig pruner)

Elasmuche lateralis (Say)

(a stink bug)

Elatobium abietinum (Walker)

spruce aphid

Empoasca pergandei Gillette

(a leafhopper)

Enaphalodes rufulus (Haldeman)

red oak borer

Ennomos magnaria Guenee

(notched-wing geometer)

Ennomos subsignaria (Hubner)

elm spanworm

Eotetranychus multidigituli (Ewing)

(a spider mite)

Epimecis hortaria (Fabricius)

(a looper)

Epinotia aceriella (Clemens)

maple trumpet skeletonizer

Epinotia meritana Heinrich

white fir needleminer

Epinotia nanana (Treitschke)

(a skeletonizer)

Epinotia subviridis Heinrich

(cypress leaftier)

Erannis tiliaria (Harris)

linden looper

Eriocampa ovata (Linnaeus)

(alder woolly sawfly)

Eriosoma lanigerum (Hausmann)

woolly apple aphid

Eriosoma rileyi Thomas

(woolly elm bark aphid)

Essigella gillettei Hottes

(an aphid)

Euceraphis betulae Koch

(an aphid)

Eucosma bobana Kearfott

(piny on cone borer)

Eucosma gloriola Heinrich

eastern pine shoot borer

Eucosma rescissoriana (Heinrich)

(lodgepole pine cone borer)

Eucosma siskiyouana (Kearfott)

(fir cone borer)

Eucosma sonomana Kearfott

western pineshoot borer

Eucosma tocullionana Heinrich

white pine cone borer

Eupithecia spermaphaga (Dyar)

fir cone looper

Euproctis chrysorrhoea (Linnaeus)

browntail moth

Eurytetranychus admes Prichard & Baker

(a spider mite)

Euzophera magnolialis Capps

(a pyralid moth)

Euzophera ostricolorella Hulst

(a pyralid moth)

Euzophera semifuneralis (Walker)

American plum borer

Exoteleia pinifoliella (Chambers)

pine needleminer

Fagiphagus imbricator (Fitch)

beech blight aphid

Fascista cercerisella (Chambers)

redbud leaffolder

Fenusa dohrnii (Tischbein)

European alder leafminer

Fenusa pusilla (Lepeletier)

birch leafminer

Ferrisia virgata Cockerell

striped mealybug

Formica exsectoides Forel

Allegheny mound ant

Galenara consimilis (Heinrich)

(New Mexico fir looper)

Gibbobruchus mimus (Say)

(a seed beetle)

Gilpinia hercyniae (Hartig)

European spruce sawfly

Gloveria arizonensis Packard

(a tent caterpillar)

Glycobius speciosus (Say)

sugar maple borer

Glyptoscelis aridis Van Dyke

(a leaf beetle)

Glyptoscelis vandykei Krauss

(a leaf beetle)

Gnathotrichus retusus (LeConte)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Gnathotrichus sulcatus (LeConte)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Goes pulcher (Haldeman)

(living-hickory borer)

Goes pulverulentus (Haldeman)

(living-beech borer)

Goes tesselatus (Haldeman)

oak sapling borer

Goes tigrinus (DeGeer)

white oak borer

Gonioctena americana (Schaeffer)

American aspen beetle

Gossyparia spuria (Modeer)

European elm scale

Gynaecia dirce (Linnaeus)

(a nymphalid butterfly)

Gypsonoma haimbachiana (Kearfott)

cottonwood twig borer

Halisidota argentata subalpina French

(a tiger moth)

Halisidota harisii Walsh

sycamore tussock moth

Halisidota ingens Hy. Edwards

(a tiger moth)

Hemiberlesia rapax (Comstock)

greedy scale

Hemichroa crocea (Geoffroy)

striped alder sawfly

Hemicoelus spp.

powderpost beetle

Henricus fuscodorsanus (Kearfott)

(cone cochylid)

Heterarthrus nemoratus (Fallen)

(birch leaf-mining sawfly)

Heterocampa guttivitta (Walker)

saddled prominent

Heterocampa manteo (Doubleday)

variable oakleaf caterpillar

Heterotermes convexinofatus Snyder

(a termite)

Heterotermes tennis Hagan

(a termite)

Historis odius (Fabricius)

(a nymphalid butterfly)

Homadaula anisocentra Meyrick

mimosa webworm

Hyalophora cecropia (Linnaeus)

cecropia moth

Hydria prunivorata (Ferguson)

(cherry scallop shell moth)

Hylecoetus lugubris Say

sapwood timberworm

Hylemya (Lasiomma) antracina (Czerny)

(spruce cone maggot)

Hylesinus oregonus (Blackman)

(Oregon ash bark beetle)

Hylobius pales (Herbst)

pales weevil

Hylobius radicis Buchanan

pine root collar weevil

Hylobius rhizophagus M., B., & W.

pine root tip weevil

Hylobius warreni Wood

(Warren's collar weevil)

Hylurgopinus rufipes (Eichhoff)

native elm bark beetle

Hyperaspis signata (Olivier)

(a ladybird beetle)

Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

fall webworm

Icerya purchasi Maskell

cottony cushion scale

lchthyura inclusa (Hubner)

poplar tentmaker

Illinoia firiodendri Monell

tuliptree aphid

lps calligraphus (Germar)

(sixspined ips)

lps confusus (LeConte)

(piñon ips)

lps emarginatus (LeConte)

(emarginate ips)

lps grandicollis (Eichhoff)

(southern pine engraver)

lps latidens (LeConte)

(a bark beetle)

lps lecontei Swaine

(Arizona fivespined ips)

lps mexicanus (Hopkins)

(Monterey pine ips)

Ips montanus (Eichhoff)

(an engraver beetle)

lps paraconfusus Lanier

California fivespined ips

lps pilifrons Swaine

(an engraver beetle)

lps pini (Say)

pine engraver

lps plastographus (LeConte)

(California fourspined ips)

lps spinifer (Eichhoff)

(an engraver beetle)

Itame pustularia (Guenee)

(a spanworm)

Janus abbreviatus (Say)

willow shoot sawfly

Kaltenbachiella ulmifusa (Walsh & Riley)

(a gall aphid)

Kermes pubescens Bogue

(a scale insect)

Kleidocerys resedae germinatus (Say)

(a lygaeid bug)

Knulliana cincta (Drury)

banded hickory borer

Lambdina athasaria pellucidaria (Grote & Robinson)

(a geometrid)

Lambdina fiscellaria fiscellaria (Guenee)

hemlock looper

Lambdina fiscellaria lugubrosa (Hulst)

western hemlock looper

Lambdina fiscellaria somniaria (Hulst)

western oak looper

Lambdina pellucidaria (Grote & Robinson)

(a geometrid)

Laspeyresia bracteatana (Fernald)

fir seed moth

Laspeyresia caryana (Fitch)

hickory shuckworm

Laspeyresia injectiva (Heinrich)

(Jeffrey pine seedworm)

Laspeyresia piperana (Kearfott)

(ponderosa pine seedworm)

Laspeyresia populana Busck

(a bark moth)

Laspeyresia youngana (Kearfott)

spruce seed moth

Lecanium fletcheri Ckll.

(a scale insect)

Leperisinus aculeatus (Say)

(eastern ash bark beetle)

Lepidosaphes ulmi (Linnaeus)

oystershell scale

Leptocoris trivittatus (Say)

boxelder bug

Leptoglossus corculus (Say)

(southern pine seed bug)

Leptoypha minor McAtee

(Arizona ash lace bug)

Leucoma salicis (Linnaeus)

satin moth

Lithocolletis salicifoliella Chambers

(a leafblotch miner)

Lithophane antennata (Walker)

green fruitworm

Longistigma caryae (Harris)

giant bark aphid

Lymantria dispar (Linnaeus)

gypsy moth

Macrohaltica ambiens (LeConte)

alder flea beetle

Magdalis gentilis LeConte

(a weevil)

Magicicada septendecim (Linnaeus)

periodical cicada

Malacosoma americanum (Fabricius)

eastern tent caterpillar

Malacosoma californicum (Packard)

western tent caterpillar

Malacosoma constrictum (Hy. Edwards)

Pacific tent caterpillar

Malacosoma disstria Hubner

forest tent caterpillar

Maladera castanea (Arrow)

Asiatic garden beetle

Marmara arbutiella Busck

(a twig and leaf miner)

Matsucoccus acalyptus Herbert

(piñon pine scale)

Matsucoccus bisetosus Morrison

(two seta pine scale)

Matsucoccus californicus Morrison

(California pine scale)

Matsucoccus fasciculensis Herbert

(fascicle pine scale)

Matsucoccus gallicola Morrison

(pine twig gall scale)

Matsucoccus monophyllae McKenzie

(a scale)

Matsucoccus paucidicatrices Morrison

(sugar pine scale)

Matsucoccus resinosae Bean & Godwin

red pine scale

Mayetiola carpophaga (Tripp)

(spruce seed midge)

Mayetiola thujae (Hedlin)

(a gall midge)

Megacyllene caryae (Gahan)

painted hickory borer

Megacyllene robiniae (Forster)

locust borer

Megastigmus atedius Walker

(a seed chalcid)

Megastigmus laricis Marcovitch

(a seed chalcid)

Megastigmus lasiocarpae Crosby

(a seed chalcid)

Megastigmus pinus Parfitt

(fir seed chalcid)

Megastigmus specularis Walley

(balsam fir seed chalcid)

Megastigmus spermotrophus Wachtl

(Douglas-fir seed chalcid)

Megastigmus tsugae Crosby

(a seed chalcid)

Malalgus confertus (LeConte)

(a false powderpost beetle)

Melanaspis obscura (Comstock)

obscure scale

Melanaspis tenebricosa (Comstock)

gloomy scale

Melanolophia imitata (Walker)

(greenstriped forest looper)

Melanophila californica Van Dyke

California flatheaded borer

Melanophila drummondi (Kirby)

flatheaded fir borer

Melanophila fulvoguttata (Harris)

hemlock borer

Melipotis indomita (Walker)

(a caterpillar)

Melissopus latiferreanus (Walsingham)

filbertworm

Mesa populifoliella (Townsend)

(a leafmining sawfly)

Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum (Pergande)

terrapin scale

Mimosestes amicus (Horn)

(a seed beetle)

Monocesta coryli (Say)

larger elm leaf beetle

Monochamus spp.

(a wood borer)

Monoctenus melliceps (Cresson)

(a sawfly)

Mordvilkoja vagabunda (Walsh)

poplar vagabond aphid

Mycetococcus ehrhorni (Cockerell)

(Ehrhorn's oak scale)

Myrmelachista ramulorum Wheeler

(an ant)

Nasutitermes corniger Motschulsky

(a termite)

Nematocampa limbata (Haworth)

filament bearer

Nematus currani Ross

(a sawfly)

Nematus ventralis Say

willow sawfly

Neoclytus acuminatus (Fabricius)

redheaded ash borer

Neoclytus caprea (Say)

(banded ash borer)

Neodiprion abbotii (Leach)

(a sawfly)

Neodiprion approximatus Hopkins

(northern pine weevil)

Neodiprion burkei Middleton

lodgepole sawfly

Neodiprion compar (Leach)

(a sawfly)

Neodiprion dubiosus Schedl

brownheaded jack pine sawfly

Neodiprion edulicolus Ross

(piñon sawfly)

Neodiprion excitans Rohwer

blackheaded pine sawfly

Neodiprion lecontei (Fitch)

redheaded pine sawfly

Neodiprion nanulus nanulus Schedl

red pine sawfly

Neodiprion nigroscutum Middleton

(a sawfly)

Neodiprion pinetum (Norton)

white pine sawfly

Neodiprion pinusrigidae (Norton)

(a sawfly)

Neodiprion pratti banksianae Rohwer

jack pine sawfly

Neodiprion pratti paradoxicus Ross

(a sawfly)

Neodiprion pratti pratti (Dyar)

Virginia pine sawfly

Neodiprion sertifer (Geoffroy)

European pine sawfly

Neodiprion swainei Middleton

Swaine jack pinesawfly

Neodiprion taedae linearis Ross

loblolly pine sawfly

Neodiprion tsugae Middleton

hemlock sawfly

Neolecanium cornuparvum (Thro)

magnolia scale

Neophasia menapia (Felder & Felder)

pine butterfly

Nepytia canosaria (Walker)

false hemlock looper

Nepytia phantasmaria (Strecker)

phantom hemlock looper

Nerice bidentata Walker

(a notodontid moth)

Neuroterus saltatorius (Hy. Edwards)

(a jumping gall wasp)

Neurotoma fasciata (Norton)

(a web-spinning sawfly)

Norape ovina (Sepp)

(a flannel moth)

Nuculaspis californica (Coleman)

black pineleaf scale

Nygmia phaeorrhoea (Donov)

brown-tail moth

Nymphalis antiopa (Linnaeus)

mourningcloak butterfly

Oberea ferruginea Casey

willow-branch borer

Oberea schaumi LeConte

(a roundheaded borer)

Oberea tripunctata (Swederus)

dogwood twig borer

Obrussa ochrefasciella (Chambers)

hard maple budminer

Odontopus calceatus (Say)

(a snout beetle)

Odontota dorsalis (Thunberg)

locust leafminer

Oecanthus fultoni T. J. Walker

snowy tree cricket

Oeme rigida (Say)

(a roundheaded borer)

Olesicampe benefactor Hinz

(an ichneumonid parasite)

Oligonychus ilicis (McGregor)

southern red mite

Oligonychus ununguis (Jacobi)

spruce spider mite

Oligotrophus betheli Felt

juniper tip midge

Oncideres cingulata (Say)

twig girdler

Oncideres pustulata LeConte

(huisache girdler)

Operophtera bruceata (Hulst)

Bruce spanworm

Orgyia leucostigma (J. E. Smith)

whitemarked tussock moth

Orgyia pseudotsugata (McDunnough)

Douglas-fir tussock moth

Orgyia vetusta (Boisduval)

western tussock moth

Otiorhynchus ovatus (Linnaeus)

strawberry root weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus (Fabricius)

black vine weevil

Pachylobius picivorus (Germar)

pitch-eating weevil

Pachypsylla celtidisgemma Riley

budgall psyllid

Pachypsylla celtidismamma (Riley)

(hackberry nipplegall maker)

Pachypsylla celtidisvesicula Riley

(blistergall psyllid)

Pachypsylla venusta (Osten Sacken)

(petiolegall psyllid)

Paleacrita vernata (Peck)

spring cankerworm

Pandemis cerasana (Hubner)

(a leafroller moth)

Pantographa limata Grote, & Robinson

basswood leafroller

Pantomorus cervinus (Boheman)

Fuller rose beetle

Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch)

maple leafcutter

Paradiplosis tumifex Gagne

(balsam gall midge)

Paranthrene dollii dollii (Newman)

(a clearwing moth)

Paranthrene simulans (Grote)

(clearwing borer)

Paranthrene tabaniformis (Rottenberg)

(a clearwing moth)

Parorgyia plagiata Walker

pine tussock moth

Parthenolecanium corni (Bouche)

European fruit lecanium

Parthenolecanium fletcheri (Cockerell)

Fletcher scale

Pentamerismus erythreus (Ewing)

(a false spider mite)

Periphyllus lyropictus (Kessler)

Norway maple aphid

Periphyllus negundinis (Thomas)

boxelder aphid

Periploca atrata Hodges

(a moth)

Pero behrensaria (Packard)

(a spanworm)

Petrova albicapitana arizonensis (Heinrich)

(piñion pitch nodule moth)

Petrova sabiniana (Kearfott)

(a pitch nodule moth)

Phenacoccus acericola King

(maple phenacoccus)

Phigalia titea Cram.

half wing geometer

Phloeosinus canadensis Swaine

(a bark beetle)

Phloeosinus cristatus (LeConte)

(cypress bark beetle)

Phloeosinus cupressi Hopkins

(a bark beetle)

Phloeosinus dentatus (Say)

(eastern juniper bark beetle)

Phloeosinus hoferi Blackman

(a bark beetle)

Phloeosinus scopulorum Swaine

(a bark beetle)

Phloeosinus sequoiae Hopkins

(redwood bark beetle)

Phloeosinus serratus (LeConte)

(a bark beetle)

Phloeosinus taxodii Blackman

(southern cypress beetle)

Phloeotribus liminaris (Harris)

peach bark beetle

Phoracantha semipunctata (Fabricius)

(a wood borer)

Phtyganidia californica Packard

California oakworm

Phyllobius intrusus Kono

arborvitae weevil

Phyllobius oblongus (Linnaeus)

(European snout beetle)

Phyllocnistis magnoliella Fabricius

(a leafminer)

Phyllocnistis populiella Chambers

(aspen leafminer)

Phyllocolpa bozemani (Cooley)

(poplar leaffolding sawfly)

Phyllonorycter tremuloidiella Braun

(aspen blotch miner)

Phyllophaga forsteri Burmeister

(a scarab beetle)

Phylloxera caryaecaulis (Fitch)

(hickory gall aphid)

Phymatodes aeneus LeConte

(a roundheaded borer)

Phymatodes nitidus LeConte

(a roundheaded borer)

Phytobia pruinosa (Coquillett)

(a leafminer fly)

Phytobia pruni (Grossenbacher)

(a leafminer fly)

Phytobia setosa (Loew)

(a cambium miner)

Phytomyza ilicicola Loew

native holly leafminer

Pikonema alaskensis (Rohwer)

yellowheaded spruce sawfly

Pikonema dimmockii (Cresson)

greenheaded spruce sawfly

Pineus coloradensis (Gillette)

(a woolly aphid)

Pineus patchae Borner

(a gall)

Pineus pinifoliae (Fitch)

pine leaf adelgid

Pissodes approximatus Hopkins

northern pine weevil

Pissodes dubius Randall

(a snout beetle)

Pissodes radiatae Hopkins

Monterey pine ips

Pissodes strobi (Peck)

white pine weevil

Pissodes terminalis Hopping

lodgepole terminal weevil

Pityogenes carinulatus LeConte

(a bark beetle)

Pityogenes fossifrons (LeConte)

(a bark beetle)

Pityophthorus lautus (Eichhoff)

(a bark beetle)

Pityophthorus liquidambarus Blackman

(a bark beetle)

Pityophthorus nitidus Swaine

(a bark beetle)

Pityophthorus toralis (Wood)

(a bark beetle)

Placosternus crinicornis (Chevrolat)

kiawe roundheaded borer

Plagiodera versicolora (Laicharting)

imported willow leaf beetle

Plagithmysus bilineatus Sharp

(a roundheaded borer)

Plagodis serinaria Herrich-Schaeffer

(a spanworm)

Platypus compositus (Say)

(a pinhole borer)

Platypus quadridentatus (Olivier)

(a pinhole borer)

Plectrodera scalator (Fabricius)

cottonwood borer

Pleuroptya salicalis (Guenee)

(a pyralid moth)

Podosesia syringae (Harris)

ash borer, lilac borer

Poecilonota cyanipes (Say)

(a flatheaded borer)

Poecilonota montana Chamberlin

(a flatheaded borer)

Polycanon stouttii (LeConte)

(a false powderpost beetle)

Polydesma umbricola Boisduval

monkeypod moth

Polygraphus rufipennis (Kirby)

(foureyed spruce beetle)

Prionoxystus macmurtrei (Guerin)

little carpenterworm

Prionoxystus robiniae (Peck)

carpenterworm

Prionus imbricornis (Linnaeus)

tilehorned prionus

Prionus laticollis (Drury)

broadnecked root borer

Pristiphora erichsonii (Hartig)

larch sawfly

Pristocauthophilus pacificus Thomas

mushroom camel cricket

Probole amicaria (Herrich-Schaeffer)

(a geometrid moth)

Prociphilus americanus (Walker)

(an aphid)

Prociphilus tesselatus (Fitch)

(woolly alder aphid)

Prodiplosis morrisi Gagne

(a poplar gall midge)

Profenusa lucifex (Ross)

(a leaf miner)

Profenusa thomsoni (Konow)

(a birch leaf mining sawfly)

Prosapia bicincta (Say)

twolined spittlebug

Protalebra tabebuiae Dozier

(a leafhopper)

Proteoteras willingana Kearfott

(boxelder twig borer)

Pseudococcus comstocki (Kuwana)

comstock mealybug

Pseudococcus maritimus Ehrhorn

grape mealybug

Pseudohylesinus dispar Blackman

(a bark beetle)

Pseudohylesinus granulatus (LeConte)

(fir root bark beetle)

Pseudohylesinus nobilis Swaine

(noble fir bark beetle)

Pseudohylesinus sericeus (Mannerheim)

(silver fir beetle)

Psylla uncatoides Ferris & Klyver

acacia psyllid

Ptilinus basalis LeConte

(a powderpost beetle)

Ptosima gibbicollis (Say)

(a flatheaded borer)

Pulvinaria acericola (Walsh & Riley)

(cottony maple leaf scale)

Pulvinaria innumerabilis (Rathvon)

cottony maple scale

Puto cupressi (Coleman)

(fir mealybug)

Puto pricei McKenzie

(price mealybug)

Pyrrhalta cavicollis (LeConte)

cherry leaf beetle

Pyrrhalta decora (Say)

(a leaf beetle)

Pyrrhalta decora decora (Say)

gray willow leaf beetle

Pyrrhalta luteola (Muller)

elm leaf beetle

Pyrrhalta punctipennis (Mannerheim)

(a leaf beetle)

Quadraspidiotus juglansregiae (Comstock)

walnut scale

Quadraspidiotus perniciosus (Comstock)

San Jose scale

Quernaspis quercus (Comstock)

(oak scale)

Resseliella clavula Beutenmuller

(a gall midge)

Rhabdophaga swainei Felt

spruce bud midge

Rheumaptera hastata (Linnaeus)

spearmarked black moth

Rhyacionia adana Heinrich

(a pine shoot moth)

Rhyacionia buoliana (Schiffermuller)

European pine shoot moth

Rhyacionia frustrana (Comstock)

Nantucket pine tip moth

Rhyaciona rigidana (Fernald)

pitch pine tip moth

Rhyaciona zozana Kearfott

(ponderosa pine tip moth)

Sabulodes aegrotata (Guenee)

omnivorous looper

Samia cynthia (Drury)

cynthia moth

Sannina uroceriformis Walker

persimmon borer

Popillia japonica Newman

Japanese beetle

Saperda calcarata Say

poplar borer

Saperda discoidea Fabricius

(a roundheaded borer)

Saperda inornata Say

(poplar gall borer)

Saperda moesta LeConte

(a roundheaded borer)

Saperda tridentata Olivier

elm borer

Saperda vestita Say

linden borer

Scaphoideus luteolus Van Duzee

whitebanded elm leafhopper

Schizura concinna (J. E. Smith)

redhumped caterpillar

Sciaphila duplex (Walsingham)

(aspen leaftier)

Sciaphilus asperatus (Bonsdorff)

(a weevil)

Scobicia bidentata (Horn)

(a false powderpost beetle)

Scolytus laricis Blackman

(larch engraver)

Scolytus mali (Bechstein)

larger shothole borer

Scolytus multistriatus (Marsham)

smaller European elm bark beetle

Scolytus muticus Say

hackberry engraver

Scolytus quadrispinosus Say

hickory bark beetle

Scolytus ventralis LeConte

fir engraver

Scotorythra paludicola (Butler)

koa moth

Seinarctica echo (J. E. Smith)

(a webworm)

Semanotus amethystinus (LeConte)

(amethyst cedar borer)

Semanotus juniperi (Fisher)

(a roundheaded borer)

Semanotus ligneus (Fabricius)

cedartree borer

Semiothisa sexmaculata incolorata (Dyar)

(larch looper)

Semudobia betulae (Winnertz)

(a birch midge)

Smodicum cucujiforme (Say)

(flat powderpost beetle)

Sparganothis acerivorana MacKay

(a leafroller)

Sparganothis dilutocostana (Walsingham)

(a leafroller)

Sparganothis reticulatana (Clemens)

(a leafroller moth)

Sphinx chersis (Hubner)

great ash sphinx

Sphinx kalmiae J. E. Smith

(a sphinx moth)

Sphinx sequoiae Boisduval

(a sphinx moth)

Stator limbatus (Horn)

(a seed beetle)

Stenodontes dasytomus (Say)

(hardwood stump borer)

Steremnius carinatus (Boheman)

(a weevil)

Stictocephala militaris Gibson & Wells

(a treehopper)

Stilpnotia salicis Linnaeus

satin moth

Styloxus bicolor (Champlain & Knull)

(Juniper twig pruner)

Symmerista albifrons (J. E. Smith)

(an oakworm)

Symmerista canicosta Franclemont

(redhumped oakworm)

(=albicosta Hbn.)

Synanthedon acerni (Clemens)

maple callus borer

Synanthedon pictipes (Grote & Robinson)

lesser peachtree borer

Synanthedon scitula (Harris)

dogwood borer

Synanthedon sequoiae (Hy. Edwards)

(sequoia pitch moth)

Synaphaeta guexi (LeConte)

(a roundheaded borer)

Syntexis libocedrii Rohwer

incense-cedar wasp

Systena marginalis (Illiger)

(a leaf beetle)

Taniva abolineana (Kearfott)

(spruce needle miner)

Tegolophus spongiosus Styer

(a mite)

Tethida barda (Say)

blackheaded ash sawfly

Tetralopha asperatella (Clemens)

(a webworm)

Tetralopha robustella Zeller

pine webworm

Tetraneura ulmi (Linnaeus)

(a gall aphid)

Tetranychus canadensis (McGregor)

fourspotted spider mite

Tetranychus magnoliae Boud.

spider mite

Tetranychus urticae Koch

twospotted spider mite

Tetropium abietis Fall

roundheaded fir borer

Tetropium velutinum LeConte

(western larch borer)

Tetyra bipunctata (Herrich-Schaeffer)

shieldbacked pine seedbug

Thrips madronii Moulton

(a narrowwinged thrips)

Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis (Haworth)

bagworm

Thysanoes fimbricornis LeConte

(a bark beetle)

Tinocallis ulmifolii (Monell)

elm leaf aphid

Tomostethus multicinctus (Rohwer)

brownheaded ash sawfly

Toumeyella firiodendri (Gmelin)

tuliptree scale

Toumeyella parvicornis (Cockerell)

pine tortoise scale

Trachykele blondeli Marseul

(western cedar borer)

Trachykele opulenta Fall

(a flatheaded borer)

Trioza magnoliae (Ashmead)

(a psyllid)

Trisetacus floridanus Keifer

(a mite)

Trisetacus neoquadrisetus Smith

(a mite)

Trisetacus quadrisetus (Thomas)

(juniper berry mite)

Tropidosteptes pacificus (Van Duzee)

(a plant bug)

Trypodendron betulae Swaine

(an ambrosia beetle)

Trypodendron lineatum (Olivier)

striped ambrosia beetle

Trypodendron retusum (LeConte)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Tuberculatus columbiae Richards

(an aphid)

Tylonotus bimaculatus Haldeman

(ash and privet borer)

Vaga blackburni (Tuely)

Blackburn butterfly

Valentinia glandulella (Riley)

(acorn moth)

Vasates aceris-crummena Riley

(a bladdergall mite)

Vasates quadripedes Shimer

maple bladdergall mite

Vespamima sequoiae (Hy. Edwards)

(sequoia pitch moth)

Walshomyia insignis Felt

(a gall midge)

Walshomyia sabinae (Patterson)

(a gall midge)

Xestobium spp.

powderpost beetle

Xiphydria abdominalis Say

(a horntail)

Xiphydria maculata Say

(a horntail)

Xyleborinus saxesensi (Ratzeburg)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xyleborus affinis Eichhoff

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xyleborus ferrugineus (Fabricius)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xyleborus simillimus Perkins

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xylobiops basilaris (Say)

(a false powderpost beetle)

Xylococculus betulae (Pergande)

(birch margarodid)

Xylosandrus compactus (Eichhoff)

black twig borer

Xylosandrus germanus (Blandford)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xyloterinus politus (Say)

(an ambrosia beetle)

Xylotrechus aceris Fisher

gallmaking maple borer

Xylotrechus obliteratus LeConte

(poplar-butt borer)

Xystrocera globosa (Olivier)

monkeypod roundheaded borer

Zadiprion rohweri (Middleton)

(a sawfly)

Zeiraphera improbana (Walker)

(larch bud moth)

Zelleria haimbachi Busck

pine needle sheathminer

Zeugophora scutellaris Suffrian

(a leaf beetle)

Zeuzera pyrina (Linnaeus)

leopard moth


¹Names without parentheses are approved by the Entomological Society of America.
We acknowledge with gratitude the assistance of the following Systematic Entomologists (from the Systematic Entomology Laboratory, Biosystematics Beneficial Insects Institute) in verifying and correcting this list of insect names: Donald M. Anderson, Edward W. Baker, Douglas C. Ferguson, Raymond J. Gagne, E. Eric Grissell, Thomas J. Henry, Ronald W. Hodges, John M. Kingsolver, James P. Kramer, Paul M. Marsh, Arnold S. Menke, Douglass R. Miller, Steve Nakahara, David A. Nickle, Robert W. Poole, Louise M. Russell, Robert L. Smiley, David R. Smith, Theodore J. Spilman, Manya B. Stoetzel,-F. Christian Thompson, Richard E. White, Donald R. Whitehead.