Pest Tracker
Exotic Pest Reporting
Pennsylvania
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Department of Agriculture
Plant Protection Laws and Regulations Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey
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Cooperative Extension Service
State Plant Regulatory Official
Rhodes, Dana (717) 772-5205Serves on the National Plant Board, oversees state pest detection and regulatory activities and coordinates survey activities between government agencies, public and private organizations. Coordinates the state's initial emergency response if an exotic pest is detected.State Survey Coordinator
Welliver, Ruth (717) 772-5222Coordinates CAPS survey planning, execution and reporting as well as community outreach activities.State Plant Health Director
Newcamp, Timothy 717-241-0121Directs federal APHIS-PPQ pest detection and regulatory activities in cooperation with state officials, and coordinate the initial PPQ emergency response if an exotic pest is detected in the state.Pest Survey Specialist
Donovall, Leo 7172410133Provides technical support in planning, executing and reporting annual surveys and coordinates pest detection activities with neighboring states.
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| Common Name | Scientific Name | Destinations |
| Ambrosia beetle | Megaplatypus mutatus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Animated oat; Sterile oat | Avena sterilis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Annual ryegrass toxicity | Rathayibacter toxicus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Asian longhorned beetle | Anoplophora glabripennis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Bamboo borer | Chlorophorus annularis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Black fir sawyer | Monochamus urussovii | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| British root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne artiellia | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Citrus longhorned beetle | Anoplophora chinensis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Cochlicellid snails | Cochlicella spp. | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Columbian root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne chitwoodi | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| European oak bark beetle | Scolytus intricatus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| European spruce bark beetle | Ips typographus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| False columbia root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne fallax | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Golden nematode | Globodera rostochiensis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Great spruce bark beetle | Dendroctonus micans | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Japanese pine sawyer | Monochamus alternatus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Lesser pine shoot beetle | Tomicus minor | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Maritime garden snail | Cernuella virgata | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Mediterranean pine engraver | Orthotomicus erosus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Mexican corn cyst nematode | Punctodera chalcoensis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Needle blight of pine | Pseudocercospora pini-densiflorae | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Oak Ambrosia beetle | Platypus quercivorus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Oak splendour beetle | Agrilus biguttatus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Pale cyst nematode | Globodera pallida | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Philippine downy mildew | Peronosclerospora philippinensis | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Phytophthora leaf blight | Phytophthora kernoviae | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Phytophthora oak decline; Root rot | Phytophthora quercina | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Pine shoot beetle | Tomicus destruens | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Pine witches' broom | Candidatus Phytoplasma pini 16SrXXI-A | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Redbay Ambrosia beetle | Xyleborus glabratus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Root-knot nematode | Meloidogyne minor | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Sakhalin pine sawyer | Monochamus saltuarius | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Scots pine blister rust | Cronartium flaccidum | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Sixtoothed bark beetle | Ips sexdentatus | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Slender-banded pinecone longhorn beetle | Chlorophorus strobilicola | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Small white-marmorated longhorned beetle | Monochamus sutor | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |
| Velvet longhorned beetle | Trichoferus campestris | Pest Info | NAPIS Maps |