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Plant Protection And Quarantine
Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) is one of six operational program units within the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The PPQ works to safeguard agriculture and natural resources in the U.S. against the entry, establishment, and spread of animal and plant pest (organism), pests, and noxious weeds in order to help ensure the protection of native flora and an abundant, high-quality, and varied food supply. Plant pest program information PPQ collaborates with state departments of agriculture and other government agencies to eradicate, suppress, or contain plant pests. Such collaborations may include emergency or longer-term domestic programs to target a specific pest. Targeted pests include: * insects and mites: **Asian longhorned beetle (ALB), ''Anoplophora glabripennis'' **cactus moth, ''Cactoblastis cactorum'' **celery leaf miner, ''Liriomyza trifolii, Liriomyza Trifolii'' **cotton pests: ***boll weevil, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Animal And Plant Health Inspection Service
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is an agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) based in Riverdale Park, Maryland, Riverdale, Maryland responsible for protecting animal health, animal welfare, and plant health. APHIS is the lead agency for collaboration with other agencies to protect U.S. agriculture from invasive pests and diseases. APHIS's Plant Protection and Quarantine, PPQ is the National Plant Protection Organization for the U.S., and the agency's head of veterinary services/veterinary Deputy Administrator is the Chief veterinary officer, Chief Veterinary Officer of the United States. History APHIS was created in 1972 by Secretary's Memorandum No. 1769. The origins of the agency predate creation of the USDA, to 1854 when the Office of Entomologist, Agricultural Section, United States Patent and Trademark Office, U.S. Patent Office was created. It was the first of three agencies that eventually were merged to form APHIS. In 1881, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Anastrepha Ludens
''Anastrepha ludens'', the Mexican fruit fly or ''Mexfly'', is a species of fly of the '' Anastrepha'' genus in the Tephritidae family (fruit flies). It is closely related to the Caribbean fruit fly '' Anastrepha suspensa'', and the papaya fruit fly ''Anastrepha curvicauda''. ''Anastrepha ludens'' is native to Mexico and Central America and is a major pest to citrus and mango agriculture in Mexico, Central America, and the lower Rio Grande Valley. The species exhibits high fecundity and relatively long lifespans compared to other species of fruit flies. These qualities make the Mexican fruit fly a particularly aggressive invasive species, especially threatening agriculture because the larvae grow and feed on many different species of fruit. The ''Anastrepha'' genus is designated as one of three genera that pose the greatest risk to American agriculture. According to the USDA, ''A. ludens'' is the only important member of the ''Anastrepha'' genus that is subtropical instead of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tomicus Piniperda
''Tomicus piniperda'', the common pine shoot beetle, is a bark beetle native throughout Europe, northwestern Africa, and northern Asia. It is one of the most destructive shoot-feeding species in northern Europe.. Its primary host plant is Scots pine ''Pinus sylvestris'', but it also uses European black pine ''P. nigra'', maritime pine ''P. pinaster'', eastern white pine ''P. strobus'', red pine ''P. resinosa'', jack pine ''P. banksiana'' and other pines to a small extent, and more rarely on spruce ''Picea'' and larch ''Larix''.Vasconcelos, T., Nazare, N., Branco, M., Kerdelhue, C., Sauvard, D., & Lieutier, F. (2003). Host Preference of ''Tomicus piniperda'' and ''Tomicus destruens'' for Three Pine Species. ''Proceedings: JUFRO Kanazava 2003 “Forest Insect Population Dynamics and Host Influences"'19–21 Scots pine is the most important forest tree species in East-central Europe, with Scots pine occupying 68% of total forest area in Poland, making ''T. piniperda'' an important pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rhynchophorus Cruentatus
The palmetto weevil (''Rhynchophorus cruentatus'') is an insect native to Florida, but has been found as far as southern Texas to the west and South Carolina to the north. It is the largest weevil in North America and the only kind of Rhynchophorus, palm weevil in the continental United States. It infests palms and is considered a pest. Its main target is the Phoenix canariensis, Canary Island date palm, but date palms (a different species than the Canary Island date palm), Sabal palmetto, sabal palms (the palmetto weevil's traditional target), saw palmetto (the palmetto weevil's traditional alternative target), ''Washingtonia'', ''Pritchardia'', royal palms, ''Latania'', coconut palms, ''Caryota'', and ''Bismarckia'' are also susceptible. Distressed palm trees are usually attacked, which makes transplanted trees a frequent target. The Palmetto Weevils mate at the base of the palm branches where the females deposit their eggs. The larva, grubs then eat into the palm tree, killing i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mormon Cricket
The Mormon cricket (''Anabrus simplex'') is a large insect native to western North America in rangelands dominated by sagebrush and forbs. ''Anabrus'' is a genus in the shield-backed katydid subfamily in the Tettigoniidae family, commonly called katydids, bush crickets, and previously "long-horned grasshoppers." Its common name, "Mormon cricket," is a misnomer: true crickets are of the family Gryllidae. The Mormon cricket takes its common name from the prominent role it played in the miracle of the gulls after the Mormon settlers in Utah had encountered them while pushing westward. Although flightless, the Mormon cricket may travel up to two kilometres a day in its swarming phase during which it may be a serious agricultural pest and sometimes a traffic hazard. Description Mormon crickets can grow to almost in length. Individuals vary in coloration: the overall color may be black, brown, red, purple or green. The pronotum, the dorsal "shield" above the prothorax, cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Light Brown Apple Moth
The light brown apple moth (''Epiphyas postvittana''), often abbreviated to LBAM, is a leafroller moth belonging to the lepidopteran family Tortricidae. Identification Adult moths Light brown apple moth adults are variable in colour and may be confused with other leafroller moths and similar species. DNA analysis is currently required to positively identify the species which are otherwise indistinguishable on gross characteristics from other moths of similar species. Typical males have a forewing length of 6–10 mm with a light brown area at the base, which is distinguishable from a much darker, red-brown area at the tip. The latter may be absent, with the moth appearing uniformly light brown, as in the females, which have only slightly darker oblique markings distinguishing the area at the tip of the wing. Females have a forewing length of 7–13 mm. File:Epiphyas postvittana female dorsal.jpg, Female, dorsal view File:Epiphyas postvittana female ventral.jpg, Fema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Japanese Beetle
The Japanese beetle (''Popillia japonica'') is a species of Scarabaeidae, scarab beetle. Due to the presence of Predation, natural predators, the Japanese beetle is not considered a pest in its native Japan, but in North America and some regions of Europe, it is a noted Pest (organism), pest to roughly 300 species of plants. Some of these plants include rose bushes, grapes, hops, canna (plant), canna, crape myrtles, birch trees, Tilia, linden trees, and others. The adult beetles damage plants by Skeletonization, skeletonizing the foliage (i.e., consuming only the material between a leaf's veins) as well as, at times, feeding on a plant's fruit. The subterranean larvae feed on the roots of grasses. Taxonomy English entomologist Edward Newman (entomologist), Edward Newman described the Japanese beetle in 1841. Description Adult ''P. japonica'' measure in length and in width, with iridescent copper-colored elytra and green thorax and head. A row of white tufts (spots) of hair ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Fire Ant
Fire ants are several species of ants in the genus ''Solenopsis'', which includes over 200 species. ''Solenopsis'' are stinging ants, and most of their common names reflect this, for example, ginger ants and tropical fire ants. Many of the names shared by this genus are often used interchangeably to refer to other species of ant, such as the term red ant, mostly because of their similar coloration despite not being in the genus ''Solenopsis''. Both '' Myrmica rubra'' and '' Pogonomyrmex barbatus'' are common examples of non-Solenopsis ants being termed red ants. None of these common names apply to all species of ''Solenopsis'' nor exclusively to species of ''Solenopsis''; for example, several species of weaver ants of the genus '' Oecophylla'' in Southeast Asia are colloquially called "fire ants" because of their similar coloration and painful bites, but the two genera are not closely related. '' Wasmannia auropunctata'' is another unrelated ant more commonly called the "littl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lymantria Dispar Dispar
''Lymantria dispar dispar'', commonly known as the gypsy moth, European gypsy moth, LDD moth, or (in North America) North American gypsy moth or spongy moth, is a species of moth in the family Erebidae. It has a native range that extends over Europe and parts of Africa, and is an invasive species in North America. Its larvae are polyphagous, consuming the leaves of over 500 species of trees, shrubs and plants. In its invasive range it is classified as a pest, notably one of the most destructive pests of hardwood trees in the Eastern United States. It is listed as one of the 100 most destructive invasive species worldwide. Taxonomy Carl Linnaeus first described the species as ''Phalaena'' 'Bombyx''''dispar'' in 1758. The subject of classification has changed throughout the years, resulting in confusion surrounding the species' taxonomy. This caused many references to describe this one species in different ways. The family has jumped between Lymantriidae, Noctuidae and Erebida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Grasshopper
Grasshoppers are a group of insects belonging to the suborder Caelifera. They are amongst what are possibly the most ancient living groups of chewing herbivorous insects, dating back to the early Triassic around 250 million years ago. Grasshoppers are typically ground-dwelling insects with powerful hind legs which allow them to escape from threats by leaping vigorously. Their front legs are shorter and used for grasping food. As hemimetabolous insects, they do not undergo complete metamorphosis; they hatch from an egg into a Nymph (biology), nymph or "hopper" which undergoes five moults, becoming more similar to the adult insect at each developmental stage. The grasshopper hears through the tympanal organ which can be found in the first segment of the abdomen attached to the thorax; while its sense of vision is in the compound eyes, a change in light intensity is perceived in the simple eyes (ocelli). At high population densities and under certain environmental conditions, som ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mediterranean Fruit Fly
''Ceratitis capitata'', commonly known as the Mediterranean fruit fly or medfly, is a yellow-and-brown fly native to sub-Saharan Africa. It has no near relatives in the Western Hemisphere and is considered to be one of the most destructive fruit pests in the world. There have been occasional medfly infestations in California, Florida, and Texas that require extensive eradication efforts to prevent the fly from establishing itself in the United States. ''C. capitata'' is the most economically important fruit fly species because of both its ability to survive cooler climates more successfully than most other fruit fly species and its ability to inhabit more than 200 tropical fruits and vegetables to which it causes severe destruction and degradation. The practices that are used to eradicate the medfly after its introduction into a new environment can be extremely difficult and expensive, but infestation of ''C. capitata'' lowers crop yields and induces costly sorting processes fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ceratitis
''Ceratitis'' is a genus of tephritid fruit flies with about 80 species. One of the best known species is ''Ceratitis capitata'', the Mediterranean fruit fly. The genus contains several subgenera: * ''Acropteromma'' n some schemes as own genus* ''Ceratalaspis'' * ''Ceratitis'' * ''Hoplolophomyia'' * ''Pardalaspis'' * ''Pterandrus'' Species Subgenus ''Acropteromma'' * '' Ceratitis munroana'' (see some as alternative spelling ''Ceratitis munroanum'', elsewhere as protonym ''Acropteromma munroanum'') Subgenus ''Ceratalaspis'' * '' Ceratitis aliena'' * '' Ceratitis andranotobaka'' * '' Ceratitis antistictica'' (Per , contra scheme on some websites) * '' Ceratitis argenteobrunnea'' * '' Ceratitis brucei'' * '' Ceratitis connexa'' * '' Ceratitis contramedia'' * '' Ceratitis cosyra'' * '' Ceratitis discussa'' * '' Ceratitis divaricata'' * '' Ceratitis dumeti'' * ''Ceratitis ealensis'' * '' Ceratitis epixantha'' * ''Ceratitis flavipennata'' * ''Ceratitis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
