Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry

2021 Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS) Program

Exotic Nursery Pest Survey

Species Hosts Bold = trap location

Signs and symptoms

Status in the U.S.

Detection method

ASIA

N L

ON

GHO

RNED

BEE

TLE

Anop

loph

ora

glab

ripen

nis

Prefers maple and other

hardwoods, including birch, buckeye, elm,

horse chestnut, and willow

Detected in MA, NY, and OH; recently eradicated

from NJ

Visual surveys every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

CITR

US

LON

GH

ORN

ED B

EETL

E An

oplo

phor

a ch

inen

sis

Prefers hardwoods and

woody ornamentals;

known host range includes over 100 species of plants

Detected in WA and

intercepted at ports of entry in GA and WI

Visual surveys every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

SPO

TTED

LAN

TERN

FLY

Lyco

rma

delic

atul

a

Many, including tree of heaven,

Chinaberry, grape, apple,

pine, and stone fruit

Detected in PA, DE, NY, CT,

NJ, MD, VA, OH, and WV

Visual surveys every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

EURO

PEAN

CH

ERRY

FRU

IT F

LY

Rhag

olet

is ce

rasi

Cherry and

honeysuckle

Detected in NY and Ontario,

Canada

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For more information: karen.l.coluzzi@maine.gov

PIN

E SA

WFL

Y Di

prio

n pi

ni

Pine

No detections

PIN

E PR

OCE

SSIO

NAR

Y M

OTH

Th

aum

etop

oea

pity

ocam

pa

Pine and cedar

No detections

PIN

E BE

AUTY

MO

TH

Pano

lis fl

amm

ea

Pine

No detections

PIN

E-TR

EE L

APPE

T De

ndro

limus

pin

i

Pine and cedar

No detections

SIBE

RIAN

SIL

K M

OTH

De

ndro

limus

sibi

ricus

Pine and cedar

No detections

OAK

WIL

T Br

etzie

lla fa

gace

arum

Oak, especially

red oak; spread by bark grafts and

Nitidulid beetle vectors

Widespread in the central and

eastern U.S.; has not been

detected in ME

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

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SCO

TS P

INE

BLIS

TER

RUST

Cr

onar

tium

flac

cidu

m

Scots pine, Austrian pine,

other pine; alternates

between pine and flowering plants; several potential

insect vectors

No detections

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

JAPA

NES

E O

AK W

ILT

Raffa

elea

que

rciv

ora

Various oaks; vectored by the

bark beetle Platypus

quercivorus

No detections

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

ALM

ON

D W

ITCH

ES’

BRO

OM

Ca

ndid

atus

Phy

topl

asm

a ph

oeni

cium

Almond, peach, nectarine; spread by grafts and by

at least three leafhopper

vectors

No detections

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

EURO

PEAN

STO

NE

FRU

IT Y

ELLO

WS

Cand

idat

us P

hyto

plas

ma

pru

noru

m

Apricot, plum, peach, and other

stone fruit; spread by grafts and by a psyllid

vector, Cacopsylla pruni

No detections

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

APPL

E PR

OLI

FERA

TIO

N

Cand

idat

us P

hyto

plas

ma

mal

i

Mainly apple and crab apple;

spread by grafts and by several

psyllid and leafhopper

vectors

No detections

Visual surveys and leaf samples

every 2 weeks for 12 weeks

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Photo Credits: 1. Asian longhorned beetle: Donald Duerr, USDA/FS, Bugwood.org 2. Asian longhorned beetle feeding damage: Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources - Forestry Archive, Bugwood.org 3. Citrus longhorned beetle: Washington State Department of Agriculture Archives, forestryimages.org. 4. Citrus longhorned beetle larval tunnel: Art Wagner, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org 5. Spotted Lanternfly: Lawrence Barringer, Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Bugwood.org 6. Honeydew excreted by Lycorma delicatula feeding on tree of heaven: Erica Smyers, Pennsylvania State University 7. European cherry fruit fly: National Invasive Species Information Center, invasivespeciesinfo.gov 8. Damage on cherry caused by larval exit holes of R. cerasi: Photo © OPIE/Rémi Coutin 9. Yellow sticky card trap: USDA APHIS, https://www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/resources/pests-diseases/hungry-pests/ecff/cherry-fruit-fly 10. Diprion pini adult: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org 11. Diprion pini larvae: Gyorgy Csoka, Hungary Forest Research Institute, Bugwood.org 12. Red Delta trap: Utah State Univerisity, https://intermountainfruit.org/ipm-methods/traps 13. Thaumetopoea pityocampa adult: John H. Ghent, USDA/FS, Bugwood.org 14. Thaumetopoea pityocampa larval web: John Ghent, Bugwood.org 15. Panolis flammea adult: Butterfly conservation, butterfly-conservation.org 16. Panolis flammea larva: Stanislaw Kinelski, Bugwood.org 17. Bucket trap: Michigan State University Extension, https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/spring_has_arrived_and_so_have_true_armyworm_moths 18. Dendrolimus pini adult: Andreas Manz, iNaturalist 19. Dendrolimus pini larva: https://www.forestresearch.gov.uk/research/threat-uk-forestry-posed-pine-tree-lappet-moth-life-cycle-origin-and-future-risk/ 20. Milk carton trap: Ohio Department of Agriculture. https://agri.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/oda/divisions/plant-health/gypsy-moth-program/programs 21. Dendrolimus sibericus adult: Andreas Manz, iNaturalist 22. Dendrolimus sibericus larva: John H. Ghent, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org 23. Bretziella fagacearum: Sandra Jensen, Cornell University, Bugwood.org 24. Oak wilt: Allegan Conservation District, https://allegancd.org/ 25. Nitidulid beetle: © 2020 Ken Wolgemuth, https://bugguide.net/node/view/1813927/bgimage 26. Cronartium flaccidum aeciospore: Chalkey (2010), USDA-ARS. Printed in Sullivan, M. 2010. CPHST Pest Datasheet for Cronartium flaccidum. USDA-APHISPPQ-CPHST 27. Scots pine blister rust: American Public Gardens, publicgardens.org 28. Raffaela quercivora: Seo, M.Y., Matsuda, Y., Nakashima, C. et al. Taxonomic reevaluation of Raffaelea quercivora isolates collected from mass mortality of oak trees in Japan. Mycoscience 53, 211–219 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-011-0154-z 29. Platypus quercivorus: Joseph Benzel, Screening Aids, USDA APHIS PPQ, Bugwood.org 30. Japanese oak wilt: Pest Tracker, http://pest.ceris.purdue.edu/ 31. Phytoplasma cells in plant phloem: Oshima, Kenro & Maejima, Kensaku & Namba, Shigetou. (2013). Genomic and evolutionary aspects of phytoplasmas. Frontiers in microbiology. 4. 230. 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00230 32. Almond witches’ broom: Semantic Scholar, semanticscholars.org 33. Cacopsylla pruni: B. Jarausch. RLP Agroscience. 34. European stone fruit yellows: PaDIL, http://www.padil.gov.au/ 35. Apple proliferation: Biologische Bundesanstalt für Land-und Forstwirtschaft, Institut für Pflanzenschutz im Obstbau Archive, www.bugwood.org.

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