Pest Profiles

Below is a list of insect pests that have been selected due to their significant economic importance to agriculture and natural resources in Georgia.


Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Adelges tsugae (Annand)

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Small Hive Beetle

Aethina tumida

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Squash Bug

Anasa tristis (DeGeer)

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Pepper Weevil

Anthonomus eugenii (Cano)

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Cockroaches

Blattodea (Order)


Boxelder Bug

Boisea trivittata

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Cowpea Curculio

Chalcodermus aeneus Boheman

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Ips Engraver (Bark) Beetles

Coleoptera: Scolytidae

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San Jose Scale

Comstockaspis perniciosus (Comstock)

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Plum Curculio

Conotrachelus nenuphar (Herbst)

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Cat Flea

Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché)

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Blueberry Gall Midge

Dasineura oxycoccana (Johnson)

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Mosquitoes

Diptera: Culicidae

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Spotted Wing Drosophila

Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)

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Lesser Cornstalk Borer

Elasmopalpus lignosellus (Zeller)

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Tobacco Flea Beetle

Epitrix hirtipennis (Melsheimer)

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Mite Vector of Rose Rosette Disease

Eriophyid mite Phyllocoptes fructiphilus

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Thrips

Order: Thysanoptera; Family: Thripidae

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Western Flower Thrips

Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)

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Cattle Horn Fly

Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus)

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Stink Bug, Brown Marmorated

Halyomorpha halys


Corn Earworm, Tomato Fruitworm, Bollworm

Helicoverpa zea

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Cabbage Webworm

Hellula, rogatalis (Cabbage webworm)

Hellula, unadalis (Oriental cabbage webworm)

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Whiteflies

(Hemiptera, Aleyrodidae) several species

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Fall Webworm

Hyphantria cunea (Drury)

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Diamondback Moth

Lepidoptera, Plutellidae

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Colorado Potato Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say)

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Root-knot Nematode

Meloidogyne spp.

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Green Peach Aphid

Myzus persicae

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Southern Green Stink Bug

Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)

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Grasshoppers

Orthoptera, Acrididae

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Peanut Burrower Bug

Pangaeus bilineatus (Say)


Deodar Weevil

Pissodes nemorensis

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Subterranean Termites

Reticulitermes spp.

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Nantucket Pine Tip Moth

Rhyacionia frustrana

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Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda (Smith)

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Redheaded Flea Beetle

Systena frontalis (F.) 

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Deer, Yellow, & Horse Flies

Tabanidae

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Cabbage Looper

Trichoplusia ni (Hubner) 

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Grape Root Borer

Vitacea polistiformis (Harris) 

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Granulate Ambrosia Beetle

Xylosandrus crassiusculus (Mot.)

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