Major Arthropod Pests of North Carolina

Fruits & Nuts

Apples

• Tufted apple bud moth - Platynota idaeusalis
• Redbanded leafroller - Argyrotaenia velutinana
• San Jose scale - Quadraspidiotus perniciosus
• Spotted tentiform leafminer - Phyllonorycter blancardella
• Tarnished plant bug - Lygus lineolaris
• Codling moth - Cydia pomonella
• European red mite - Panonychus ulmi

Blueberries

• Cranberry fruitworm - Acrobasis vaccinii
• Sharpnosed leafhopper - Scaphytopius magdalensis
• Blueberry maggot - Rhagoletis mendax
• Blueberry budmite - Acalitus vaccinii
• Plum curculio - Conotrachelus nenuphar
• Terrapin scale - Mesolecanium nigrofasciatum

Grapes

• Grape root borer - Vitacea polistiformis
• Japanese beetle - Popillia japonica
• Grape berry moth - Endopiza viteana
• Grape leafhopper - Erythroneura spp.

Peaches

• Plum curculio - Conotrachelus nenuphar
• Oriental fruit moth - Grapholita molesta
• Tarnished plant bug - Lygus lineolaris
• Stink bugs
  • Brown stink bug - Euschistus servus
  • Green stink bug - Acrosternum hilare
• Peachtree borer - Synanthedon exitiosa
• White peach scale - Pseudaulacaspis pentagona
• Twospotted spider mite - Tetranychus urticae

Strawberries

• Twospotted spider mite - Tetranychus urticae
• White grubs
  • Spring rose beetle - Strigoderma arboracola
  • Fuller rose beetle - Asynonychus godmanni
  • Whitefringed beetles - Graphognathus spp.

Pecans

• Pecan weevil - Curculio caryae
• Twig girdler - Oncideres cingulata
• Fall webworm - Hyphantria cunea
• Hickory shuckworm - Cydia caryana
• Stink bugs - Pentatomidae

Flowers

• Leafminer - Liriomyza trifolia
• Flower thrips - Frankliniella tritici
• Twospotted spider mite - Tetranychus urticae
• Aphids
  • Green peach aphid - Myzus persicae
  • Melon aphid - Aphis gossypii
• Citrus mealybug - Planococcus citri
• Greenhouse whitefly - Trialeurodes vaporariorum

Shrubs

• Spider mites
  • Southern red mite - Oligonychus ilicis
  • Spruce spider mite - Oligonychus ununguis
• Scales
  • Wax scale - Ceroplastes ceriferus
  • Tea scale - Fiorinia theae
  • Camellia scale - Lepidosaphes camelliae
• Boxwood leafminer - Monarthropalpus flavus
• Lacebugs
  • Hawthorne lace bug - Corythucha cydoniae
  • Azalea lace bug - Stephanitis pyrioides
  • Sycamore lacebug - Corythucha ciliata
• Bagworm - Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis

Shade Trees

• Fall webworm - Hyphantria cunea
• Eastern tent caterpillar - Malacosoma americanum
• Horned Oak gall - Callirhytis cornigera
• Whitemarked tussock moth - Orgyia leucostigma
• Orangestriped oakworm - Anisota senatoria
• Pine bark adelgid - Pineus strobi

Forest Pests

Hardwoods

• Locust borer - Megacyllene robiniae
• Gypsy moth - Lymantria dispar
• Fall cankerworm - Alsophila pometaria
• Eastern tent caterpillar - Malacosoma americanum
• Forest tent caterpillar - Malacosoma disstria
• Spring cankerworm - Paleacrita vernata
• Walnut caterpillar - Datana integerrima
• Fruittree leafroller - Archips argyrospila
• Walkingstick - Diapheromera femorata

Conifers

• Southern pine beetle - Dendroctonus frontalis
• Engraver beetles
  • Small southern pine engraver - Ips avulsus
  • Sixspined ips - Ips calligraphus
  • Eastern fivespined ips - Ips grandicollis
• Balsam woolly adelgid - Adelges piceae
• Nantucket pine tip moth - Rhyacionia frustrana
• Eastern pine looper - Lambdina pellucidaria
• Sawflies
  • Loblolly pine sawfly - Neodiprion taedae linearis
  • Redheaded pine sawfly - Neodiprion lecontei
  • Virginia pine sawfly - Neodiprion pratti pratti
• Pine coneworms - Dioryctria spp.
• Leaffooted pine seed bug - Leptoglossus corculus
• White pine cone beetle Conophthorus coniperda

Stored Grain

• Weevils
  • Maize weevil - Sitophilus zeamais
  • Rice weevil - Sitophilus oryzae
• Sawtoothed grain beetle - Oryzaephilus surinamensis
• Indian meal moth - Plodia interpunctella
• Red flour beetle - Tribolium castaneum
• Angoumois grain moth - Sitotroga cerealella
• Lesser grain borer - Rhyzopertha dominica

Household

• German cockroach - Blattella germanica
• Eastern subterranean termite - Reticulitermes flavipes
• Cat and dog fleas - Ctenocephalides felis and C. canis
• Pharoah ant - Monomorium pharaonis
• Black carpenter ant - Camponotus pennsylvanicus
• Smokybrown cockroach - Periplaneta fuliginosa
• Cigarette beetle - Lasioderma serricorne
• Casemaking clothes moth - Tinea pellionella
• Sawtoothed grain beetle - Oryzaephilus surinamensis
• Indian meal moth - Plodia interpunctella
• Old house borer - Hylotrupes bajulus
• Carpenter bee - Xylocopa virginica

Apiculture

• Small hive beetle - Aethina tumida
• Honey bee mite - Acarapis woodi
• Wax moths
  • Greater wax moth - Galleria mellonella
  • Lesser wax moth - Achroia grisella
• Varroa mite - Varroa jacobsoni

Livestock & Poultry

• Northern fowl mite - Ornithonyssus sylviarum
• House fly - Musca domestica
• Itch mite (swine) - Sarcoptes scabiei var suis
• Chicken body louse - Menacanthus stramineus
• Horn fly - Haematobia irritans
• Face fly - Musca autumnalis
• Cattle grubs
  • Northern cattle grub - Hypoderma bovis
  • Common cattle grub - Hypoderma lineatum
• Stable fly - Stomoxys calcitrans
• Chicken mite - Dermanyssus gallinae
• Bed bug - Cimex lectularius
• Bot flies
  • Throat bot fly - Gasterophilus nasalis
  • Horse bot fly - Gasterophilus intestinalis
  • Nose bot fly - Gasterophilus haemorrhoidalis
• Cattle lice
  • Cattle biting louse - Bovicola bovis
  • Little blue cattle louse - Solenopotes capillarus
  • Longnosed cattle louse - Linognathus vituli
• Hog louse - Haematopinus suis
• Biting midges - Culicoides spp.
• Black flies - Simuliidae