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ANIMAL AND PLANT INVASIONS

 

Worldwide Perspective

 

 

University of California Riverside & Berkeley

 

 

 

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       The global dissemination of commercial products continues to favor accidental invasions of agricultural, urban and medical pests to areas where natural controls may be inadequate.  The search and importation of harmless biological control agents are often required when chemical or cultural controls are ineffective.  Following is a list of harmful or annoying arrivals in California and other world sites that may require seeking natural control agents.  Some of those invaders noted here have already been studied for biological control or they may have broken away from previously successful natural enemies due to changes in the environment or pest management.

 

 

        Links to:   Center For Invasive Species;    Worldwide Biological Control Projects

 

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African Hybridized Honeybees -- Apis mellifera scutellata  Lepeletier -- Hymenoptera:  Apidae

Argentine Ant -- Linepithema humile (Mayr 1808) -- Hymenoptera:  Formicidae

Ash Whitefly -- Siphoninus phillyreae (Haliday) -- Hemiptera:  Aleyrodidae

Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina citri  Kuwayama  <ch-124.htm>

Asian Longhorn Beetle -- Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky) -- Coleoptera:  Cerambycidae

Asian Longhorned Tick -- Haemaphysalis longicornis -- Ixodida:  Ixodidae

Asian Tiger Mosquito -- Aedes albopictus (Skuse) -- Diptera:  Culicidae

Asian Wooly Hackberry Aphid -- Shivaphis celti (Essig & Kuwana) -- Hemiptera:  Aphididae

Asiatic Citrus Canker -- Xanthomonas axonopodis Dowson -- Xanthomonadales:  Xanthomonadaceae

Asparagus or Foxtail Fern -- Asparagus aethiopicus -- Asparagal4es:  Asparagaceae

Australian Eucalyptus Snout Weevil-- Gonipterus scutellatus Gyllenhal -- Coleoptera:  Curculionidae

Avocado Lace Bug -- Pseudacysta perseae (Heidemann) -- Hemiptera:  Tingidae

Avocado Thrips -- Scirtothrips perseae Nakahara -- Thysanoptera:  Thripidae

Bagrada Bug -- Bagrada hilaris (Bunmeisler) -- Hemiptera:  Pentatomidae

Bed Bugs -- Cimex lectularius, Cimex hemipterus & Leptocimex boueti -- Heteroptera:  Cimicidae

Black Scale -- Saissetia oleae (Olivier) -- Hemiptera:  Coccidae         

Blue Berry Aphid -- Ericaphis fimbriata Richards -- Hemiptera:  Aphididae

Blue Gum Galling Wasp -- Selitrichodes globulus La Salle & Gates -- Hymenoptera:  Eulophidae

Brown Citrus Aphid -- Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy -- Hemiptera:  Aphididae

Brown Marmorated Stink Bug -- Halyomorpha halys Stċl, -- Hemiptera:  Pentatomidae

Brown or Norway Rat -- Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout) -- Rodentia:  Muridae

Brown Widow Spider -- Latrodectus geometricus Koch -- Arachnida:  Theridiidae

Burmese Python -- Python bivittatus -- Reptilia:  Pythonidae

California Red Scale -- Aonidiella aurantii Maskell -- Hemiptera:  Diaspididae

Chytrid Fungus -- Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis Longcore & Nichols -- Chytridiomyceles

Citricola Scale -- Coccus psuedomagnoliarum (Kuwana) -- Hemiptera:  Coccidae

Citrus Leafminer -- Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton -- Lepidoptera:  Gracillariidae

Citrus Whitefly -- Dialeurodes citri Ashmead -- Homoptera:  Aleyrodidae

Common Housefly -- Musca domestica L. -- Diptera:  Muscidae

Coral Reef Decline & Revival -- Anthozoa:  Cnidaria

Cotton Bollworm / Corn Earworm -- Heliothis [Helicoverpa] armigera Hűbner - Lepidoptera:  Noctuidae

Cowpea Aphid -- Aphis craccivora Koch -- Hemiptera:  Aphididae

Crows & Ravens-- Corvus spp.-- Aves, Passeriformes:  Corvidae

Diaprepes Root Weevil -- Diaprepes abbreviatus L. -- Coleoptera:  Curculionidae

Didymo Rock Snot -- Didymosphenia geminata (Lyngbye) M. Schmidt -- Bacilariophyceae:  Cymbellales

Eastern Gray Squirrel -- Sciurus carolinensis Gmelin -- Rodentia:  Sciuridae

Egyptian Alfalfa Weevil -- Hypera [Pytonomus] brunneipennis Boheman -- Coleoptera:  Curculionidae

Elm Leaf Beetle -- Xanthogallerucae luteola (Müller) -- Coleoptera:  Chrysomelidae

Eucalyptus Leaf Beetle -- Chrysophtharta m-fuscum Boheman -- Coleoptera:  Chrysomelidae

Eucalyptus Longhorn Beetles -- Phoracantha semipunctata (Fab.) & P.  recurva Newman:  Cerambycidae

Eurasian Collard Dove -- Streptopelia decaocto Frivaldszky -- Aves, Columbiformes:  Columbidae

European Grapevine Moth --  Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton -- Lepidoptera:  Gracillariidae

European Pepper Moth -- Duponchelia fovealis Zeller 1847 -- Lepidoptera:  Crambidae

European Spider -- Steatoda nobilis Thorlei 1875 -- (Araneae:  Theridiidae)

Fall Armyworm -- Spodoptera frugiperda J. Smith - Lepidoptera:  Noctuidae

Ficus Leaf Rolling Psyllid -- Trioza brevigenae Mathur -- Hemiptera:  Triozidae

Ficus Whitefly -- Singhiella simplex Sing 1931 -- Hemiptera:  Aleyrodidae

Fountain Grass -- Pennisetum setaceum (Forsxkal) Chiov. -- Cyperales:  Poaceae

German Yellowjacket -- Vespula germanica (Fabricius, 1793) -- Hymenoptera:  Vespidae

Giant Reed (Arundo) -- Arundo donax Döll -- Poales:  Poaceae

Giant Whitefly -- Aleurodicus dugesii Cockerell -- Hemiptera:  Aleyrodidae

Glassy Winged Sharpshooter -- Homalodisca coagulata (Say) -- Homoptera:  Cicadellidae

Goldspotted Oak Borer  -- Agrilus auroguttatus Schaeffer -- Coleoptera:  Buprestidae

Greasy or Black Cutworm -- Agrotis ipsilon Rott. -- Lepidoptera:  Noctuidae

House Mouse -- Mus musculus L. -- Mammalia, Rodentia:  Muridae

Killer Alga -- Caulerpa taxifolia (Vahl) Agardh -- Bryopsidales:  Caulerpaceae

Lesser Sugarcane Borer -- Chilo agamemnon Błeszyński -- Lepidoptera:  Crambidae

Light Brown Apple Moth -- Epiphyas postvittana (Walker) -- Lepidoptera:  Tortricidae

Myoporum Thrips -- Klambothrips myopori Mound & Morris -- Insecta:  Thysanoptera

New Zealand Mud Snail -- Potamopyrgus antipodarum (J. E. Gray) -- Mollusca:  Prosobranchia

Olive Fruit Fly -- Bactrocera oleae (Rossi) -- Diptera:  Tephritidae

Olive Psyllid -- Euphyllura olivina (Costa) -- Hemiptera:  Psyllidae)

Quagga Mussels -- Dreissena rostriformis bugensis-- Mollusca:  Dreissenidae

Red Bug -- Scantius aegyptius (L) -- Hemiptera:  Pyrrhocoridae

Red Gum Lerp Psyllid -- Glycaspis brimblecombei Moore -- Hemiptera:  Psyllidae

Red Imported Fire Ant -- Solenopsis invicta Buren -- Hymenoptera:  Formicidae

Red Palm Weevil -- Rhynchophorus ferrugineus (Olivier) -- Coleopetera:  Curculionidae

Redbay Ambrosia Beetle -- Xyleborus glabratus Eichhoff -- Coleoptera:  Scolytinae

Roof or Brown Rats -- Rattus rattus (L.) -- Rodentia:  Muridae

Russian Thistle (Tumbleweed) -- Salsola tragus L  -- Caryophyllales

Sahara Mustard -- Brassica tournefortii Gouan -- Brassicaceae

Saltcedar Tamarisk -- Tamarix ramosissima Ledeb -- Caryophyllales:  Tamaricaceae

Serpentine Pea Leafminer -- Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) -- Diptera:  Agromyzidae

Shamel Ash -- Fraxinus uhdei Wenz. -- Scrophulariales:  Oleaceae

Silverleaf Whitefly -- Bemisia argentifolii Bellows & Perring -- Hemiptera:  Aleyrodidae

South American Palm Weevil -- Rhynchophorus palmarum (L.) -- Coleoptera:  Curculionidae

Spotted Wing Drosophila -- Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura) -- Diptera:  Drosophillidae

Sting Nematode -- Belonolaimus longicaudatus Rau -- Tylenchida:  Belonolamidae

Sudden Oak Death -- Phytophthora ramorum Werres et al. -- Peronosporales

Sugarcane Borer -- Diatraea saccharalis (Fab.):  Lepidoptera:  Crambidae

Termites -- Insecta:  Isoptera -- Clasification

Tipu Psyllid -- Platycorypha nigrivirga Burckhardt -- Hemiptera:  Psyllidae

Vine Mealybug -- Planococcus ficus (Signoret) -- Hemiptera:  Pseudococcidae

Western Flower Thrips -- Frankliniella occidentalis Pergande -- Thysanoptera:  Thripidae

Zebra Mussels -- Dreissena polymorpha (Pallas) -- Mollusca:  Dreissenidae