COMMON PESTS FOUND ON SELECTED HOST ORNAMENTAL PLANTS

By Roger G. Adams, State IPM Program Leader, Entomologist and Richard J. Packauskas, Entomologist, University of Connecticut

Taken from Integrated Pest Management for Insects and Related Pests on Ornamental Plants: A Guide for Arborists and Grounds Keepers.

University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System publication 94-16.

 Apple aphids, plum curculio, tarnished plant bug, European apple sawfly, apple maggot, codling moth, leafhoppers, leafrollers, leafminers, European red mite, two-spotted mite, oystershell scale, gypsy moth, eastern tent caterpillar
 Arborvitae  arborvitae leafminer, bagworms, spruce spider mite, juniper scale, Fletcher scale
 Azalea azalea bark scale, azalea leafminer, azalea whitefly, black vine weevil, lace bugs, rhodendron borer
 Beech woolly beech aphid, beech bark scale, cankerworms, twolined chestnut borer
 Birch aphids, birch leafminer, bronze birch borer, cankerworms, birch sawflies, fall webworm, European hornet
 Bittersweet euonymus scale
 Boxwood boxwood leafminer, oystershell scale, boxwood psyllid
 Cedar bagworm, spruce spider mite
 Cotoneaster lace bug, oystershell scale, Eastern tent caterpillar
 Dogwood dogwood borer, oystershell scale, dogwood sawfly
 Euonymus euonymus scale
 Fir balsam twig aphid, balsam gall midge, spruce spider mite
 Flowering fruits (Cherry, Peach, Almond) aphids, European red mite, fall webworm, peach tree borer, oystershell scale, pear slug, two-spotted spider mite, leafrollers
 Hemlock elongate hemlock scale, hemlock eriophyid mite, spruce spider mite, hemlock woolly adelgid, black vine weevil, hemlock looper, gypsy moth
 Holly holly leafminers
 Honeysuckle clover mite
 Honey locust honey locust mite, honeylocust pod gall midge, plant bug
 Juniper arborvitae leafminer, juniper scale, juniper webworm, spruce spider mite
 Larch larch casebearer, larch sawfly, woolly larch adelgid
 Lilac European hornet, lilac borer, lilac leafminer, oystershell scale, white peach scale
 Linden aphids, Japanese beetles, lace bugs, two-spotted spider mite
 Magnolia magnolia scale
 Maple aphids, maple gall mite and rust mite (eriophyids), twig pruner, woolly maple scale
 Mountain ash European red mite, mountain ash sawfly, lace bug, pear slug
 Mountain laurel black vine weevil, mulberry whitefly, rhododendron borer, rhododendron stem borer
 Oak gypsy moth, kermes oak scale, lecanium scale, oak leaf gall, oak skeletonizer, twig pruner, two-lined chestnut borer, oak leafroller, oak leaftier
 Pachysandra euonymus scale
 Pine aphids, European pine shoot moth, pales weevil, pine bark adelgid, pine eriophyid mites, pine needle scale, pine sawflies, pine false webworm, spruce spider mite, white pine aphid, white pine weevil, spittlebugs
 Privet privet rust mite (eriophyid), white peach scale
 Rhododendron azalea bark scale, azalea whitefly, black vine weevil, European hornet, lace bugs, rhododendron borer, rhododendron gall midge, two-banded Japanese weevil
 Rose aphids, Japanese beetle, leafhoppers, rose chafer, rose slug, scales, two-spotted spider mite
 Spruce Cooley spruce gall aphid, eastern spruce gall aphid, spruce budworm, spruce bud scale, white pine weevil 
 Taxus black vine weevil, taxus mealybug, ants, termites
 Viburnum scale s, snowball aphid, tarnished plant bug, thrips

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