In order to protect Canada's resource base the following pests are regulated. Pests in this list are
linked to the policy directives that are available electronically from 1994 on, but some may also be referred
to in directives dated prior to 1994. The list may be revised at any time.
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Achatina achatina L. |
giant west African snail |
Mollusc |
D-94-14, D-90-07 |
Achatina fulica Bowdich |
giant African snail |
Mollusc |
D-90-07 |
Acrobasis
pyrivorella Matsumura |
pear fruit moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Acropolitis rudisana Walker |
leafroller caterpillar |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Adelges piceae Ratz |
also called Dreyfusia
piceae |
|
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-02-12 |
Adelges tsugae Annand |
hemlock woolly adelgid |
Insect |
D-01-12, D-07-05 |
Adoxophyes orana Fischer von Röeslerstamm |
summer fruit tortrix moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Agrilus planipennis
Fairmaire |
Emerald Ash Borer |
Insect |
D-02-12, D-03-08 |
Albino cherry agent |
also called Peach X-disease phytoplasma |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Alternaria
gaisen Nagano |
black spot of Japanese pear |
Fungus |
D-95-08 |
Alternaria kikuchiana S. Tanaka |
also called Alternaria
gaisen |
|
D-95-08 |
American plum line pattern ilavirus (APLPV) |
American plum line pattern virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Amphitetranychus viennensis Zacher |
Hawthorn spider mite |
Mite |
D-95-08 |
Andean potato latent virus (APLV) |
Andean potato latent virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Andean potato mottle virus (APMoV) |
Andean potato mottle virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Anisogramma anomala (Pk) Müller |
eastern filbert blight |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-00-03 |
Anoplophora glabripennis Motschulsky |
Asian long-horned beetle |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Anoplophora nobilis |
Yellow Spotted Starry Sky Beetle |
Insect |
D-08-04 |
Anoplophora spp. |
longhorned beetles |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-98-08 |
Apple chat fruit disease |
apple chat fruit |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple chlorotic leaf spot trichovirus (ACLSV) |
apple chlorotic leaf spot virus, peach dark sunken mottle |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple flat limb agent |
apple flat limb |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76), Addendum to Circular 3C of 27/05/76 (18/08/76) |
Apple green crinkle agent |
apple green crinkle |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple proliferation phytoplasma (AP) |
apple proliferation phytoplasma |
Phytoplasma |
D-08-04 |
Apple ringspot agent |
apple ringspot agent |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple rosette agent |
apple rosette agent |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple rough bark agent |
apple rough bark |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple rubbery wood phytoplasma (ARW) |
apple rubbery wood |
Phytoplasma |
Circular 3C (27/05/76), Addendum to Circular 3C of 27/05/76 (18/08/76) |
Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) |
dapple apple |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple star crack agent |
apple star crack |
Unknown |
|
Apple stem grooving capillovirus (ASGV) |
apple stem grooving virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apple stem pitting foveavirus (ASPV) |
apple stem pitting virus |
Virus |
D-86-39 |
Apricot ring pox agent |
apricot ring pox |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Apricot ringspot agent |
also called Apricot ring pox agent |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Archachatina degneri Bequaert &
Clench |
giant African land snail |
Mollusc |
D-94-14, D-90-07 |
Archachatina purpurea Gmelin |
giant African land snail |
Mollusc |
D-94-14, D-90-07 |
Archachatina ventricosa Gould |
giant African land snail |
Mollusc |
D-94-14, D-90-07 |
Argyrotaenia ljungiana Thunberg |
Eurasian fruit roller moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Arracacha B virus, oca strain (AVB-O) |
arracacha virus B (oca strain) |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Artichoke Italian latent virus (AILV) |
artichoke Italian latent virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Cacoecimorpha pronubana Hübner |
carnation tortrix |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Callipogon relictus Semenov |
longhorned beetle |
Insect |
D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Carposina sasakii Matsumura |
peach fruit moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Cepaea nemoralis L. |
banded wood snail |
Mollusc |
D-94-14, D-90-07 |
Ceratocystis fagacearum (Bretz) Hunt |
oak wilt |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-99-03, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Ceratocystis ulmi (Buisman) C. Moreau |
also called Ophiostoma
ulmi |
|
D-08-04, D-97-07 |
Charrinia diplodiella (Speg.) Sacc. |
also called Coniella diplodiella |
|
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Cherry compact agent |
also called Spur cherry agent |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry green ring mottle foveavirus |
cherry green ring mottle virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry leaf roll nepovirus (CLRV) |
cherry leaf roll |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry mottle leaf trichovirus (CMLV) |
cherry mottle leaf |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry necrotic rusty mottle agent (CNRMV) |
cherry necrotic rusty mottle |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry pink fruit agent |
cherry pink fruit |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry rasp leaf nepovirus (CRLV) |
cherry rasp leaf virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry rough fruit agent |
cherry rough fruit |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry rusty mottle agent |
cherry rusty mottle |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry short stem agent |
cherry short stem |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Cherry twisted leaf agent |
also called Apricot ring pox agent |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus (Spieckermann
& Kotthoff) Davis et et al. |
bacterial ring rot of potato |
Bacteria |
D-98-01, D-97-12, D-97-11, D-97-08, D-95-18 |
Colletotrichum panacicola Nakata &
Takimoto |
ginseng anthracnose |
Fungus |
D-94-25 |
Coniella diplodiella (Speg.) Petr. &
Syd. |
white rot |
Fungus |
D-95-08 |
Conogethes
punctiferalis Guenée |
yellow peach moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Contarinia nasturtii Kieffer |
swede midge |
Insect |
RMD-08-03 |
Cornu aspersum |
European brown garden snail |
Mollusc |
D-09-01 |
Cuscuta spp. |
dodder |
Plant |
D-99-01, D-98-06, D-96-12, D-06-01 |
Cydia funebrana Treitschke |
plum fruit moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Cydia inopinata Heinrich |
also called Grapholita
inopinata |
|
D-95-08 |
Cydia
latiferreana Walsingham |
filbertworm |
Insect |
D-00-03, Schedule II |
Cydia pomonella L. |
codling moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Fitch |
also called Viteus
vitifoliae |
|
D-94-34 |
Diaporthe tanakae Kobayashi &
Sakuma |
European pear dieback |
Fungus |
D-95-08 |
Diaspidiotus pyri Lichtenstein |
pear scale |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Dichocrocis punctiferalis Guenée |
also called Conogethes
punctiferalis |
|
D-95-08 |
Ditylenchus destructor Thorne |
potato rot nematode |
Nematode |
D-08-04, D-01-02, D-98-01, D-96-20, D-96-05, D-95-26 |
Ditylenchus dipsaci (Kühn) Filipjev |
stem and bulb nematode |
Nematode |
D-08-04, D-01-11, D-01-02, D-98-01, D-96-12, D-96-05 |
Dreyfusia
piceae Ratzeburg |
balsam woolly aphid |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-03-09 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Globodera pallida (Stone) Behrens |
pale cyst nematode |
Nematode |
D-08-04, D-03-09, D-01-02, D-00-04, D-98-01, D-96-20, D-96-05, D-95-26, D-94-34, D-94-26, D-94-25 |
Globodera rostochiensis (Wollenweber) Behrens |
golden nematode |
Nematode |
D-08-04, D-03-09, D-01-02, D-00-04, D-98-01, D-96-20, D-96-12, D-96-05, D-95-26, D-94-34, D-94-26, D-94-25 |
Grapevine asteroid mosaic virus |
grapevine asteroid mosaic virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine Bulgarian latent virus (GBLV) |
grapevine Bulgarian latent virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine chasselas latent agent |
grapevine chasselas |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine (Hungarian) chrome mosaic virus
(GCMV) |
grapevine chrome mosaic virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine corky bark virus |
grapevine corky bark |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine enation agent |
grapevine enation agent |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine vein mosaic or necrosis virus |
vein necrosis, vein mosaic |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapevine yellows |
grapevine yellows |
Phytoplasma |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Grapholita
inopinata Heinrich |
Manchurian fruit or codling moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Grapholita molesta Busck |
oriental fruit moth |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-95-08, D-99-04 |
Gremmeniella abietina (Lagerb.)
Morelet |
scleroderris canker |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-98-08, D-98-02, D-97-10 |
Gremmeniella abietina var. abietina (Lagerb.) Morelet |
scleroderris canker (European race) |
Fungus |
D-02-12, D-01-12, D-98-02, D-03-09 |
Guignardia baccae (Cavara) Jacz. |
black rot of grape |
Fungus |
D-95-08 |
Gymnosporangium fuscum DC. |
pear trellis rust |
Fungus |
|
Gymnosporangium yamadae Miyabe ex G.
Yamada |
Japanese apple rust |
Fungus |
D-95-08 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Lachnellula willkommii (Hartig)
Dennis |
European larch canker |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-97-10, D-96-12, D-02-12 |
Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say |
Colorado potato beetle |
Insect |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Leucoptera malifoliella Costa |
pear leaf blister moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Little cherry closterovirus 1, 2 & 3 (LchV-1, LchV-2, LchV-3) |
little cherry disease |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
LN33 stem grooving |
LN33 stem grooving |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Lobesia botrana Denis & Schiffermüller |
European grapevine moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Longidorus spp. Micoletzky |
needle nematodes |
Nematode |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Lymantria dispar L. |
gypsy moth |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-99-03, D-98-09, D-98-08, D-98-02, D-97-10, D-96-12, D-02-12, D-95-11, D-95-03 |
Lymantria mathura Moore |
rosy (pink) gypsy moth |
Insect |
D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Lymantria monacha L. |
nun moth |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-02-12, D-01-12, D-98-08 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Peach chlorotic leafroll phytoplasma |
also called European stone fruit yellows phytoplasma |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach dark green sunken mottle virus |
also called Apple chlorotic leaf spot trichovirus |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach mosaic trichovirus (PMV) |
peach mosaic |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach rosette mosaic nepovirus (PRMV) |
peach rosette mosaic virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34, Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach wart agent |
peach wart |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach yellows phytoplasma |
peach yellows |
Phytoplasma |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peach X-disease phytoplasma |
Peach X-disease |
Phytoplasma |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pear blister canker viroid (PBCVd) |
pear blister canker |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pear bud drop agent |
pear bud drop |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pear decline phytoplasma |
pear decline, pear moria |
Phytoplasma |
D-08-04 |
Pear rough bark agent |
pear rough bark |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pear stony pit agent |
pear stony pit |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Peronospora hyoscyami f.sp. tabacina (Adam) Skalicky |
tobacco blue mold |
Fungus |
|
Phalaenoides glycinae Lewin |
grapevine moth |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Phoma exigua var. foveata (Foister) Boerema |
potato gangrene |
Fungus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Phomopsis viticola (Sacc.) Sacc. |
deadarm disease of grapevine |
Fungus |
D-97-06, D-95-08, D-94-34 |
Phony peach |
also called Xylella
fastidiosa |
|
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Phytophthora ramorum Werres et
al. |
sudden oak death |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-01-01, D-98-08, D-96-20, D-95-26, D-02-12 |
Phytophthora spp. |
Phytophthora |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-01-12, D-00-08, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Pierce's disease |
also called Xylella
fastidiosa |
|
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Plum pox potyvirus (PPV) |
plum pox virus, sharka |
Virus |
D-08-04, D-99-07, Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Plum rusty blotch |
plum rusty blotch |
Unknown |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pogonomyrmex occidentalis Cresson |
western harvester ant |
Insect |
D-96-14, D-94-14 |
Popillia japonica Newman |
Japanese beetle |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-98-02, D-96-20, D-96-15, D-96-12, D-95-26, D-95-08, D-94-26 |
Potato deforming mosaic virus (PDMV) |
potato deforming mosaic virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato mop top virus (PMTV) |
potato mop top virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato spindle tuber viroid (PSTVd) |
potato spindle tuber viroid |
Virus |
D-98-01 |
Potato virus T (PVT) |
potato virus T |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato virus U (PVU) |
potato virus U |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato virus V (PVV) |
potato virus V |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato virus YC (PVYC) |
potato virus YC |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato virus YN (PVYN) |
tobacco veinal necrosis strain of PVY |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato virus YNTN (PVYNTN) |
potato virus YNTN |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato yellow vein virus (PYVV) |
potato yellow vein virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Potato yellowing virus (PYV) |
potato yellowing virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Proeulia spp. |
Chilean fruit leaf folders |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Prune dwarf ilavirus (PDV) |
prune dwarf virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Prunus necrotic ringspot ilavirus
(PNRSV) |
Prunus necrotic ringspot virus |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Pseudomonas solanacearum, Race 3 E.F.
Smith |
also called Ralstonia
solanacearum, Race 3 |
|
D-08-04, D-98-01, D-96-20 |
Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi |
horse chestnut bleeding disease |
|
RMD-10-27 |
Pseudomonas syringae pv. cannabina (Sutic & Dowson)
Young et al. |
bacteriosis of hemp |
Bacteria |
D-96-03 |
Pseudoperonospora cannabina (G.H. Otth)
Curzi |
downy mildew of hemp |
Fungus |
D-96-03 |
Pseudopeziza tracheiphila Müller-Thurgau |
grapevine red fire disease |
Fungus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Puccinia coronata Corda |
crown rust of oats |
Fungus |
D-01-04 |
Puccinia graminis Pers. |
black stem rust of cereals |
Fungus |
D-01-04 |
Puccinia horiana Henn. |
chrysanthemum white rust |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-97-05, D-96-12 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Ralstonia
solanacearum Race 3 (Smith) Yabuuchi et al. |
potato brown rot |
Bacteria |
D-08-04, D-98-01, D-96-20, D-96-05, D-95-26 |
Raspberry ringspot nepovirus (RRSV) |
raspberry ringspot virus |
Virus |
D-94-34, Circular 3C
(27/05/76) |
Rhacodiella vitis Sterenberg |
also called Sclerotinia
pseudotuberosa |
|
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Rhagoletis cerasi L. |
European cherry fruit fly |
Insect |
D-95-08 |
Rhagoletis mendax Curran |
blueberry maggot |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-02-04, D-96-20, D-95-08 |
Rhagoletis pomonella Walsh |
apple maggot |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-00-07, D-96-20, D-95-08, D-94-26, D-94-02 |
Rhamnus spp. |
buckthorn |
Plant |
D-01-04, D-01-01 |
Rosellinia necatrix Prill. |
white root rot |
Fungus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Sclerotinia fructigena (Pers.) J. Schrot. |
also called Monilinia
fructigena |
|
D-95-08 |
Sclerotinia
pseudotuberosa Rehm |
acorn rot, chestnut rot |
Fungus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Sclerotium cepivorum Berk. |
white rot of onion |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-01-02, D-00-04 |
Sesamia cretica Lederer |
durra stem borer |
Insect |
D-96-08, D-95-28 |
Sirex noctilio Fabricius |
sirex woodwasp, wood boring wasp |
Insect |
D-98-08, D-01-12, D-02-12 |
Spur cherry agent |
spur cherry, bing spur |
Virus |
Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Strawberry latent ringspot nepovirus (SLRV) |
strawberry latent ringspot virus |
Virus |
D-94-34, Circular 3C
(27/05/76) |
Striga spp. |
witchweed |
Plant |
D-98-06, D-96-12 |
Synchytrium endobioticum (Schilb.)
Percival |
potato wart |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-03-09, D-01-02, D-00-04, D-98-01, D-96-20, D-96-05, D-95-08, D-94-34, D-94-26, D-94-25 |
Scientific Name and Authority |
English Common Name |
Pest Type |
Directive |
Teia anartoides Walker |
also called Orgyia
anartoides |
|
D-95-08 |
Tetranychus truncatus Ehara |
spider mite |
Mite |
D-95-08 |
Tetranychus viennensis Zacher |
also called Amphitetranychus viennensis |
|
D-95-08 |
Tetropium castaneum L. |
longhorned beetle |
Insect |
D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Tetropium fuscum Fabricius |
brown spruce longhorn beetle |
Insect |
D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Thaumatobia leucotreta |
false codling moth |
Insect |
D-10-01 |
Theba pisana Mueller |
white garden snail |
Mollusc |
D-90-07 |
Thecaphora solani (Thirum & M.J.
O'Brien) Mordue |
potato smut |
Fungus |
D-08-04 |
Tilletia controversa J. G. Kühn |
dwarf bunt of wheat |
Fungus |
D-08-04, D-06-03, D-03-07, D-00-04, D-99-01, D-96-07, D-95-08 |
Tilletia
indica Mitra |
karnal bunt of wheat |
Fungus |
D-06-03, D-99-01, D-96-07 |
Tobacco rattle virus |
tobacco rattle virus |
Virus |
D-98-01 |
Tobacco ringspot nepovirus (TRSV) |
tobacco ringspot virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34 |
Tobacco ringspot virus, potato calico strain (TBRSV-CA) |
tobacco ringspot virus, potato calico strain |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Tomato black ring nepovirus (TBRV) |
tomato black ring virus |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-97-06, D-96-05, D-94-34 |
Tomato black ring virus (beet ringspot strain) |
tomato black ring virus (beet ringspot strain) |
Virus |
D-98-01, D-96-05 |
Tomato bushy stunt tombusvirus (TBSV) |
tomato bushy stunt virus |
Virus |
D-94-34, Circular 3C
(27/05/76) |
Tomato ringspot nepovirus |
tomato ringspot virus |
Virus |
D-97-06, D-94-34, Circular 3C (27/05/76) |
Tomicus piniperda L. |
pine shoot beetle |
Insect |
D-08-04, D-02-12, D-01-12, D-98-08, D-98-02, D-96-12, D-95-11, D-94-22 |
Trichodorus spp. Cobb |
stubby root nematodes |
Nematode |
D-94-34 |
Trichoferus campestris Faldermann |
also called Hesperophanes
campestris |
|
D-01-12, D-98-08, D-02-12 |
Trogoderma granarium Everts |
khapra beetle |
Insect |
D-95-09, Circular 4C
(14/06/68) |
Tuta absoluta |
Tomato leaf miner, South American tomato moth |
Insect |
D-10-01 |