INSECTS & THEIR SCIENTIFIC NAMES
INJURIOUS INSECTS | ||
Name | Scientific Name | |
Bed bug | Cimex lectularius | |
mosquito | genus Culex | |
Mosquito | genus Anopheles | |
Body louse | Pediculus humanus | |
Chicken louse | genus Mallophaga | |
Carpet beetle | Attagenus piceus | |
June beetle | gunus Scarabaeidae | |
June beetle | Grub | |
Codling mouth | Carpocapsa pomonella | |
Larder beetle | Dermestes lardarius | |
Mole cricket | gunus Ggryllotalpa | |
Tsetse fly | genus Glossina | |
Clothes mouth | Tineola bisselliella | |
Gall midge | Family cecidomyidae | |
ant | Family formicidae | |
Phylloxera | Dactylosphaera vitifoliae | |
Deer fly | Chrysops discalis | |
Midge | genus culicoides | |
Plant house/aphide | Family aphididae | |
Click beetle | Family Elateridae | |
Oriental roach | Blatta orientalis | |
Rice weevil | genus Sutiohiluls | |
Cockroach | Blatella germanica | |
Cricket | Gryllus domesticus | |
Gipsy moth | Lymantria disoar | |
Firebrat | Genus thermobia | |
Cutworm larva | Family noctuidae | |
Cabbage butterfly | Pieis rapae | |
Bark beetle | Family Scolytidae | |
White pine weevil | Genus pissodes | |
Metallia wood borer | Family buprestidae | |
Earwig | Forficula auricularia | |
Maple borer | Family cerambycidae | |
Horntail | Genus Uroserus | |
Asparagus beetle | Crioceris asparagi | |
Palm borer | Family bostrichidae | |
Cotton boll weevil | Anthonomus grandis | |
Potato beetle | Leptinotarsus decemlineata | |
Grasshopper | Family acrididae | |
Blister beetle | Epicauta pennsyl vanicus | |
Tarnished plant bug | Lygus pratensis | |
Housefly | Musca domestica | |
Japaneesee beetle | Popillia japonica | |
Rose chafer | Macrodactylus subspinosus | |
Termite | Genus kalotermes winged form | |
Wireworm | Larva of click beetle | |
botfly | Genus gasterophilus |
BENEFICIAL INSECTS | |||
name | Scientific name | ||
Tiger beetle | Genus cicindella | ||
Fiery hunter | Calosoma calidus | ||
Syrphus or hover flu | Genus Syrphus | ||
Tachina mantis | Genus Winthemia | ||
Praying mantis | Paratenodera sinensis | ||
Syrphus fly | Larva | ||
Iceneumon fly | Genus Ephialtes | ||
Tachina fly | Alophora diversa | ||
Darning needle | Anax junius | ||
Dragon fly | Libellula semifasciata | ||
Scorpion fly | Pabiraoa ryfescebs | ||
Assassin fly | Genus Erax | ||
Ichneumon fly | Genus Amblyteles | ||
Big-headed fly | Genus Pipunculus | ||
Bee fly | Villa alternate | ||
Spanish fly | Lytta vesicatoria | ||
Damsel fly | Genus agrion | ||
Dance fly | Genus Empis | ||
Ladybird | Adalia bipunctata | ||
Digger wasp | Genus ammohila | ||
Ant lion | Hesperoleon abdominalis | ||
Lacewing | Genus Chysopa, with eggs | ||
Digger wasp | Bembidula quadrifasciatus | ||
Rove beetle | Genus Staphlinus | ||
Assassin bug | Sinea diadema | ||
Mud dauber | Genus Scleripheron | ||
Potter waso | Genus Enumenses | ||
Gound beetle | Genus Pterosticus | ||
Caterpillar hunter | Calosoma scrutator | ||
Cicada killer | Sphecius speciosus |
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