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The National Plant Diagnostic Network Training and Education Committee has created this page to provide an easily accessible source of information, presentation materials, and images related to the detection of exotic or newly introduced plant pests. Below, you will find links to fact sheets on the species of concern to the NPDN. Links in red are currently pending material. At the end of the fact sheet, you will find a gallery of images that are representative of these organisms and a link to download presentation materials that may be used to educate various groups such as master gardeners, garden clubs and homeowners about these pests.

Contents 1 Insects 2 Diseases 3 Weeds

Insects

African Citrus Psyllid (Trioza erytreae) Arrowhead scale (Unaspis yanonensis) Asian Ambrosia Beetle (Xyleborinus saxeseni) Asian Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar dispar) Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) Citrus Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora chinensis) Bed Bugs (Cimex lectularius) Sweetpotato whitefly (Bemisia tabaci biotype Q) Brown marmorated stink bug (Halyomorpha halys) Cassava mealybug (Phenococcus manihoti) Chilli Thrips (Scirtothrips dorsalis) Coffee mealybug (Planococcus lilacinus) Colorado Potato Beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata) Diaprepes Root Weevil (Diaprepes abbreviatus) Egyptian Cottonworm (Spodoptera littoralis) Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis) European Crane Flies (Tipula spp.) Gypsy Moth (Lymantria dispar)

Hemlock Woolly Adelgid (Adelges tsugae) Japanese wax scale (Ceroplastes japonicus) Light Brown Apple Moth (Epiphyas postvittana) Old World Bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) Pine Shoot Beetle (Tomicus piniperda) Potato psyllid (Russelliana solanicola) Red Palm Mite (Raoiella indica) Redbay Ambrosia Beetle (Xyleborus glabratus) Sirex Woodwasp (Sirex noctilio) Spodoptera litura Sugarcane silk floss aphid (Ceratovacuna lanigera) Suni Bug (Eurygaster integriceps) Swede Midge (Contarinia nasturtii) Viburnum Leaf Beetle (Pyrrhalta virburni) Winter Moth (Operophtera brumata) Black imported fire ant (Solenopsis richteri) Red imported fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)

Diseases

Petunia Tobamo Virus Pine Wilt Nematode (Bursaphelenchus xylophilus) Plum Pox Virus Potato Cyst Nematode (Globodera rostochiensis) Potato Mop Top, Mop Top Virus (Carlavirus PMTV) Rice Blast Disease (Pyricularia grisea) SOD/Ramorum blight (Phytopthora ramorum) Bacterial Wilt (Ralstonia solanacearum Race 3 Biovar 2) Apple Scab (Venturia inaequalis) Weirs Cushion Rust (Chrysomyxa weirii) White Pine Blister Rust (Cronartium ribicola) Phytophthora root rots (Phytophthora spp.) Basil Downy Mildew (Peronospora belbahrii)

Soybean rust (Phakopsora pachyrhizi) Bacterial leaf Scorch (Xylella fastidiosa) Bacterial ring rot/canker (Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis) Bakanae Disease (Gibberella fujikuroi) Chrysanthemum White Rust (Puccinia horiana) Citrus greening (Liberibacter asiaticus) Downy Mildew of Cucurbits (Pseudoperonospora cubensis) Geranium Bacterial blight (Xanthomonas campestris pv. pelargonii) Gladiolus Rust (Uromyces transversalis) Golden Nematode (Globodera rostochensis) Hosta Virus X Laurel Wilt (Raffaelea lauricola) Oak Wilt (Ceratocystis fagacearum)

Weeds

Asiatic Sand Sedge (Carex kobomugi) Autumn olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) Black Swallowwort (Cynanchum nigrum) Brazilian elodea (Egeria densa) Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Eurasian water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum) Garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) Giant Hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum) Hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) Japanese barberry (Berberis thunbergii) Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) Japanese knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatum)

Japanese Stilt Grass (Microstegium vimineum) Kudzu (Pueraria montana) Mile-a-minute (Polygonium perfoliatum) Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) Oriental bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Tamarisk (Salt Cedar) (Tamarix ramosissima) Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) Water Chestnut (Trapa natans) Winged euonymus (Euonymus alatus) Buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica) Buckthorn (Frangula alnus)

Provided by The National Plant Diagnostic Network Training and Education Committee