Insect Pest Names

• Onion Thrips


  Thrips tabaci

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Thysanoptera
• Western Flower Thrips 


  Frankliniella occidentalis

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Thysanoptera
• Spongy Moth 


  Lymantria dispar dispar

  
  

  Host: Landscape Trees (Oak tree preference)

  Order: Lepidoptera
• Box Tree Moth


  Cydalima perspectalis

  
  

  Host: Boxwood Plants

  Order: Lepidoptera
• Cabbage White Butterfly


  Pieris rapae

  
  

  Host: Brassica

  Order: Lepidoptera
• Cabbage Looper

  
  

  Trichoplusia ni

  
  

  Host: Brassica

  Order: Lepidoptera
• Spotted Wing Drosophila


  Drosophila suzukii

  
  

  Host: Fruit Crops

  Order: Diptera
• Foxglove aphid 


  Aulacorthum solani

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Potato aphid

  
  

  Macrosiphum euphorbiae

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Green Peach Aphid 


  Myzus persicae

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Cotton Melon Aphid


  Aphis gossypii

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Tarnished Plant Bugs


  Lygus lineolaris

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Spotted Lanternfly


  Lycorma delicatula

  
  

  Host: Grapes, Apples, Hops, Walnuts, Hardwood Trees (name two on quiz)

  Order: Hemiptera
• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug


  Halyomorpha halys

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Potato Leafhopper


  Empoasca fabae

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Greenhouse Whitefly


  Trialeurodes vaporariorum

  
  

  Host: Generalists

  Order: Hemiptera
• Striped Cucumber Beetle 


  Acalymma vittatum

  
  

  Host: Curcubits

  Order: Coleoptera
• Western Corn Rootworm


  Diabrotica virgifera virgifera

  
  

  Host: Corn

  Order: Coleoptera
• Northern Corn Rootworm


  Diabrotica longicornis

  
  

  Host: Corn

  Order: Coleoptera
• Japanese Beetle 


  Popillia japonica

  
  

  Host: Everything

  Order: Coleoptera
• Emerald Ash Borer 


  Agrilus planiplennis

  
  

  Host: Ash Trees

  Order: Coleoptera
• Colorado Potato Beetle


  Leptinotarsa decemlineata

  
  

  Host: Tomato, Peppers, Potatoes

  Order: Coleoptera
• Starry Sky Beetle 


  Anoplophora glabripennis

  
  

  Host: Forestry/Landscape trees

  Order: Coleoptera
• Shore Fly v. Fungus Gnat


  Order: Diptera

  Differences:

  Shore fly (Scatella stagnalis)

  • Broad/stout flies
  • Short bristle-like antenna
  • 5 white dots on their wings

  Fungus gnats (Bradysia spp.)

  • Slender/elongated flies
  • Long thread-like antenna
  • No dots on their wings
  • Larvae feed on roots (damaging stage)