2012 Approved Methods

The survey methodology presented in this Appendix lists the most up-to-date, CAPS-approved methods for survey and identification/diagnostics of 2012 CAPS target pests from the Priority Pest List, consisting of pests from the 1) commodity- and taxonomic-based surveys and 2) AHP Prioritized Pest List. The information in this table supersedes any survey and identification/diagnostic information found in any other CAPS document (i.e., Commodity-based Survey References and Guidelines, EWB/BB National Survey Manual, etc.). All other CAPS documents eventually will be revised to include the information contained in this table; however, this table should always be the authoritative source for the most up-to-date, CAPS-approved methods.

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OPTIONS Scientific Name Common Name Lists Survey ID/Diagnostic Version
info  Adoxophyes orana Summer Fruit Tortrix Moth AHP
Grape
Oak
Soybean
Stone Fruit		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Aeolesthes sarta City Longhorned Beetle Oak Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Agrilus auroguttatus Goldspotted Oak Borer EWB/BB Trap/Visual Morphological 2011-11-30
info  Agrilus biguttatus Oak Splendour Beetle AHP
EWB/BB
Oak		 Other/Visual Morphological 2011-11-30
info  Agrilus planipennis Emerald Ash Borer EWB/BB Trap/Visual Morphological 2012-02-01
info  Alectra vogelii Yellow Witchweed Soybean Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Anoplophora chinensis Citrus Longhorned Beetle EWB/BB Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Anoplophora glabripennis Asian Longhorned Beetle EWB/BB Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Anthonomus grandis Boll Weevil (BW) Cotton Trap Morphological 2011-12-09
info  Archips xylosteanus Variegated Golden Tortrix AHP
Oak		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Autographa gamma Silver Y Moth Corn
Cotton
Grape
Small Grains
Soybean		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Bactrocera zonata Peach Fruit Fly Stone Fruit Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Cameraria ohridella Horse Chestnut Leafminer AHP Visual Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Candidatus Phytoplasma australiense 16SrXII-B Australian Grapevine Yellows AHP
Grape		 Visual Molecular 2010-08-18
info  Candidatus Phytoplasma mali 16SrX-A Apple Proliferation AHP Visual Multiple 2011-04-11
info  Candidatus Phytoplasma prunorum 16SrX-F European Stone Fruit Yellows Stone Fruit Visual Molecular 2010-08-18
info  Cernuella spp. No common name, hygromiid snails Small Grains
Soybean		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Cernuella virgata Maritime Garden Snail Small Grains
Soybean		 Visual Morphological 2011-07-29
info  Ceroplastes destructor Soft Wax Scale AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Ceroplastes japonicus Japanese Wax Scale AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Chalara fraxinea Ash Dieback AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Chilo suppressalis Asiatic Rice Borer AHP
Corn		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Chlorophorus annularis Bamboo Borer EWB/BB Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Chlorophorus strobilicola Slender-Banded Pinecone Longhorn Beetle EWB/BB Visual Morphological 2010-10-05
info  Chrysodeixis chalcites Golden Twin Spot Moth Soybean Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Cochlicella spp. No common name, cochlicellid snails Small Grains Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Copitarsia spp. Noctuid Moth Grape
Small Grains		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Crocidosema aporema Bud Borer Soybean Trap/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Cronartium flaccidum Scots Pine Blister Rust AHP
Pine		 Sample/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Curculio elephas European Chestnut Weevil Oak Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Cylindrocladium pseudonaviculatum (Calonectria pseudonaviculata) Boxwood Blight; Leaf and Stem Blight Additional Pests Visual Multiple 2011-11-18
info  Dendroctonus micans Great Spruce Bark Beetle EWB/BB
Pine		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Dendrolimus pini Pine-tree Lappet AHP
Pine		 Trap Morphological 2011-08-11
info  Dendrolimus punctatus Masson Pine Moth AHP
Pine		 Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Dendrolimus sibiricus Siberian Silk Moth Pine Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Dendrolimus superans Sakhalin Silk Moth AHP
Pine		 Other Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Diabrotica speciosa Cucurbit Beetle Corn
Grape
Small Grains
Soybean		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Ditylenchus angustus Rice Stem Nematode AHP Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Enarmonia formosana Cherry Bark Tortrix Stone Fruit Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Epiphyas postvittana Light Brown Apple Moth Grape
Oak
Stone Fruit		 Trap Morphological 2012-03-22
info  Eudocima fullonia Fruit Piercing Moth AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Eupoecilia ambiguella European Grape Berry Moth Grape Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Eutetranychus orientalis Citrus Brown Mite Cotton
Soybean		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Globodera pallida Pale Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode Sample Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Globodera rostochiensis Golden Nematode Cyst Nematode Sample Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Grapholita funebrana Plum Fruit Moth Stone Fruit Trap Molecular 2011-04-22
info  Gymnopus fusipes Root Rot Oak Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Harpophora maydis Late Wilt of Corn AHP
Corn		 Visual Multiple 2010-12-13
info  Helicoverpa armigera Old World Bollworm AHP
Corn
Cotton
Small Grains
Soybean		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heterodera cajani Pigeonpea Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heterodera ciceri Chickpea Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heterodera filipjevi Cereal Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode
Small Grains		 Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heterodera latipons Mediterranean Cereal Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode
Small Grains		 Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heterodera sacchari Sugar Cane Cyst Nematode Cyst Nematode Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Heteronychus arator Black Maize Beetle Corn
Grape
Small Grains		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Hylobius abietis Large Pine Weevil Pine Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Hylurgops palliatus Lesser Spruce Shoot Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Hylurgus ligniperda Redhaired Pine Bark Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Ips sexdentatus Sixtoothed Bark Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Ips typographus European Spruce Bark Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Leucoptera malifoliella Pear Leaf Blister Moth AHP
Stone Fruit		 Other Morphological 2012-03-19
info  Lissachatina fulica Giant African Snail AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Lobesia botrana European Grapevine Moth Grape
Small Grains
Stone Fruit		 Trap Morphological 2011-07-14
info  Lymantria albescens Okinawa Gypsy Moth Trap Molecular 2012-10-31
info  Lymantria dispar asiatica Asian Gypsy Moth Oak Trap Molecular 2012-03-29
info  Lymantria dispar japonica Japanese Gypsy Moth Trap Molecular 2012-10-31
info  Lymantria mathura Rosy Moth AHP
Oak
Pine		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Lymantria monacha Nun Moth Additional Pests Trap Morphological 2011-07-26
info  Lymantria postalba White-winged Gypsy Moth Trap Molecular 2012-04-27
info  Lymantria umbrosa Hokkaido Gypsy Moth Trap Molecular 2012-10-31
info  Massicus raddei Mountain Oak Longhorned Beetle AHP
Oak		 Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Meloidogyne artiellia British Root-knot Nematode Small Grains Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Meloidogyne fallax False Columbia Root-knot Nematode Additional Pests Sample/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Meloidogyne paranaensis Parana Coffee Root-knot Nematode Additional Pests Sample Molecular 2010-08-18
info  Meloidogyne spp. Citrus Root Knot Nematodes AHP Sample Morphological 2011-04-11
info  Monacha spp. No common name, hygromiid snails AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Monilia polystroma Asiatic Brown Rot AHP Visual Morphological 2011-04-15
info  Monochamus alternatus Japanese Pine Sawyer EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-12-01
info  Monochamus saltuarius Sakhalin Pine Sawyer AHP
EWB/BB
Pine		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Monochamus sutor Small White-marmorated Longhorned Beetle AHP
EWB/BB
Pine		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Nysius huttoni Wheat Bug AHP
Small Grains		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Onopordum acaulon Horse Thistle AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Orthotomicus erosus Mediterranean Pine Engraver EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Ostrinia furnacalis Asian Corn Borer Corn Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Otiorhynchus dieckmanni Wingless Weevil AHP Trap/Other/Visual Morphological 2012-02-03
info  Oxycarenus hyalinipennis Cotton Seed Bug AHP
Cotton		 Visual Morphological 2011-06-13
info  Panolis flammea Pine Beauty Moth AHP
Pine		 Trap Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Paysandisia archon No common name, a palm borer AHP Visual Morphological 2011-04-22
info  Pectinophora gossypiella Pink Bollworm Cotton Trap Morphological 2011-11-09
info  Peronosclerospora maydis Java Downy Mildew Corn Sample/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Peronosclerospora philippinensis Philippine Downy Mildew Corn
Small Grains		 Sample/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Phellinus noxius Brown Root Rot Grape Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Phytophthora alni Alder Root and Collar Rot AHP Sample/Visual Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Phytophthora quercina Phytophthora Oak Decline; Root Rot Oak Sample/Visual Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Pieris brassicae Large White Butterfly AHP Other/Visual Morphological 2011-07-19
info  Pityogenes chalcographus Sixtoothed Spruce Bark Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Pityophthorus juglandis Walnut Twig Beetle EWB/BB Trap/Visual Morphological 2012-05-24
info  Planococcus minor Passionvine Mealybug AHP
Grape		 Visual Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Platypus quercivorus Oak Ambrosia Beetle AHP
EWB/BB
Oak		 Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Potyvirus plum pox virus Plum Pox Stone Fruit Sample Serological 2011-05-04
info  Pseudocercospora pini-densiflorae Needle Blight of Pine Pine Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Pseudomonas syringae pv. aesculi Bleeding Canker of Horse Chestnut Additional Pests Visual Molecular 2011-04-15
info  Punctodera chalcoensis Mexican Corn Cyst Nematode Corn
Cyst Nematode		 Sample Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Raffaelea quercivora Japanese Oak Wilt AHP
Oak		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Ralstonia solanacearum race 3 biovar 2 Bacterial Wilt; Southern Bacterial Wilt AHP Visual Multiple 2010-08-18
info  Rhagoletis cerasi European Cherry Fruit Fly Stone Fruit Trap Morphological 2013-01-23
info  Rhynchophorus ferrugineus Red Palm Weevil Additional Pests Trap/Visual Morphological 2012-06-29
info  Rhynchophorus palmarum South American Palm Weevil Additional Pests Trap/Visual Morphological 2012-06-29
info  Sclerophthora rayssiae var. zeae Brown Stripe Downy Mildew Corn Sample/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Scolytus intricatus European Oak Bark Beetle EWB/BB
Oak		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Sirex noctilio Sirex Woodwasp EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Spodoptera littoralis Egyptian Cottonworm AHP
Corn
Cotton
Grape
Oak
Small Grains
Soybean		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Spodoptera litura Cotton Cutworm AHP
Corn
Cotton
Grape
Small Grains		 Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Tetranychus roseus No common name, a spider mite AHP Visual Molecular 2011-04-22
info  Tetropium castaneum Black Spruce Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Tetropium fuscum Brown Spruce Longhorned Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Thaumatotibia leucotreta False Codling Moth AHP
Corn
Cotton
Grape
Oak
Stone Fruit		 Trap Morphological 2011-04-26
info  Thaumetopoea processionea Oak Processionary Moth AHP
Oak		 Trap Morphological 2011-02-02
info  Tomicus destruens No common name, a pine shoot beetle AHP
EWB/BB
Pine		 Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Tomicus minor Lesser Pine Shoot Beetle EWB/BB Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Tomicus piniperda Pine Shoot Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2012-03-19
info  Tortrix viridana Green Oak Tortrix Oak Trap Morphological 2011-12-27
info  Tremex fuscicornis Tremex Woodwasp AHP
Oak		 Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Trichoferus campestris Velvet Longhorned Beetle EWB/BB Trap/Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Trypodendron domesticum European Hardwood Ambrosia Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Tuta absoluta Tomato Leaf Miner AHP Trap Morphological 2011-04-13
info  Unaspis yanonensis Arrowhead Scale AHP Visual Morphological 2010-08-18
info  Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Bacterial Blight AHP Visual Multiple 2011-08-11
info  Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola Bacterial Leaf Streak AHP Visual Multiple 2011-08-11
info  Xyleborus glabratus Redbay Ambrosia Beetle EWB/BB Trap Morphological 2011-06-16
info  Yponomeuta malinellus Apple Ermine Moth (AEM) Additional Pests Trap Morphological 2012-05-03