Screening Aids

FOREST PESTS

• Emerald Ash Borer - Agrilus planipennis
  by James Zablotny
• Discriminating Agrilus sulcicollis from Agrilus cyanescens
  by James Zablotny
• Screening Aid to Separate Scolytinae Bark Beetles from other Similar Appearing Bark Beetles
  by Bobby Brown
• Screening Aids for Exotic Bark Beetles in the Northeastern United States
  by Joe Cavey, Steven Passoa, and Dan Kucera
• Scolytinae, Eastern
  by James R. LaBonte, Steven A. Valley, E. Richard Hoebeke, and Robert J. Rabaglia
• Scolytinae, Western
  by James R. LaBonte, Steven A. Valley, and Joshua J. Lvach
• Siricid Wood Wasps
  by Nathan M. Schiff, Steven A. Valley, James R. LaBonte, and David R. Smith

LEPIDOPTERAN PESTS

• Misc. Lepidoptera
  • Cactus Moth Larvae and Adults - Cactoblastis cactorum
    by Richard Brown
  • False Codling Moth Larvae - Thaumatotibia leucotreta (Meyrick)
    by Joel Floyd
  • Light Brown Apple Moth - Epiphyas postvittana
    by S. Passoa, M. Epstein, T. Gilligan, J. Brambila, and M. O'Donnell
  • Light Brown Apple Moth screening aid webinar - Epiphyas postvittana
  • Pink Bollworm Moth, Pectinophora gossypiiella Screening Aid
    by Julieta Brambila, Ronald W. Hodges and Michelle Walters
  • Summer Fruit Tortrix - Adoxophyes orana
    by Julieta Brambila and John W. Brown
  • Silver Y Moth, Autographa gamma
    by Julieta Brambila and Steve Passoa
• Old World Boll Worm
  • This species can be visually screened to some degree, but definitive screening and identification requires dissection.
  • 2004 Publication: Differentiation of Adult Males of Helicoverpa zea and H. armigera
    by Michael Pogue
  • Excerpt from Texas A&M Publication on Dissection of Heliocoverpa to distinguish H. armigera
    by Ed Riley
  • Dissection instructions for identifying male Heliocoverpa amigera and H. zea
    by Julieta Brambila
  • Helicoverpa armigera Screening Aids
    by Julieta Brambila
• Spodoptera spp.
  • Egyptian Cottonworm, Field Diagnostics - Spodoptera littoralis
    by Julieta Brambila
  • Egyptian Cottonworm, Wing Diagnostics - Spodoptera littoralis
    by Julieta Brambila
  • Rice Cutworm, Field Diagnostics - Spodoptera litura
    by Julieta Brambila and Steve Passoa
  • Rice Cutworm, Wing Diagnostics - Spodoptera litura
    by Julieta Brambila and Steve Passoa

MISCELLANEOUS ARTHROPOD PESTS

• Cotton Seed Bug - Oxycarenus hyalinipennis
  by Julieta Brambila
• Panicle Rice Mite - Steneotarsonemus spinki
  by Eric McDonald
• Swede Midge - Contarinia nasturtii
  by Leon Praetorius
• Wheat Bug identification aid - Nysius huttoni
  by Julieta Brambila
• Wheat Bug screening aid - Nysius huttoni
  by Julieta Brambila

PLANT DISEASES

• Phytophthora ramorum (Sudden Oak Death) symptoms screening aid for nursery plants
  by Ken Peek
• Screening Aid for Huanglongbing (HLB), or Citrus Greening, Disease Symptoms
  by Hilda Gomez
• Screening Aid for Citrus Leprosis Disease Symptoms
  by Hilda Gomez
• Screening Aid for Citrus Canker
  by Dan Robl