California Pest Rating for Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday): Green Garden Looper Lepidoptera: Noctuidae Pest Rating: A PEST RATING PROFILE Initiating Event: Chrysodeixis eriosoma is frequently intercepted by CDFA. A pest rating proposal is required to support its pest rating. History & Status: Background: Chrysodeixis eriosoma is a polyphagous moth whose caterpillars feed on a wide variety … Continue reading Chrysodeixis eriosoma (Doubleday): Green Garden Looper→
California Pest Rating for Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni): White Peach Scale Hemiptera: Diaspididae Pest Rating: A PEST RATING PROFILE Initiating Event: Pseudaulacaspis pentagona is frequently intercepted by CDFA. A pest rating proposal is required to justify its pest rating. History & Status: Background: Pseudaulacaspis pentagona is a highly polyphagous armored scale insect. It is considered an … Continue reading White Peach Scale | Pseudaulacaspis pentagona (Targioni)→
California Pest Rating for Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall): Kelly’s Citrus Thrips Thysanoptera: Thripidae Pest Rating: A PEST RATING PROFILE Initiating Event: In May 2015 Pezothrips kellyanus was intercepted by CDFA’s high risk programs on three shipments of leis from Hawaii. A pest rating proposal is required to assign a permanent pest rating. History & Status: Background: … Continue reading Pezothrips kellyanus (Bagnall): Kelly’s Citrus Thrips→
California Pest Rating for Desert knapweed: Volutaria tubuliflora (Murb.) Sennen Family: Asteraceae Pest Rating: A | Seed Rating: R PEST RATING PROFILE Initiating Event: This plant has been rated as “Q” on the CDFA Plant Pest Rating list for 2 years. History & Status: The genus Volutaria comprises plants in the thistle tribe (Cardueae) of … Continue reading desert knapweed: Volutaria tubuliflora→
The CDFA's Plant Health and Pest Prevention Services Division grants the public opportunities to comment on proposed pest ratings. The following type of proposals are available for comment:
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