California Code of Regulations › Title 3 - Food and Agriculture › Division 4 - Plant Industry › Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine › Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine › Article 5 - Miscellaneous Rulings › Section 3558 - Insects Which May be Imported or Shipped into or Within California Without a Permit

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Section
						6305 of the Food and Agricultural
						Code requires persons to obtain a permit from the director or the United States
						Department of Agriculture to import into, or ship or transport within, the
						state live insects except for certain exemptions. One of these exemptions is
						for beneficial or useful insects of common occurrence in the state. To identify
						which beneficial insects do not require a permit to import into, or ship or
						transport within, the state the following lists are provided. However, as with
						all insect shipments they shall be rejected when the insects are moved in
						conjunction with host plants or other host organisms when such hosts would
						normally be rejected if moving independently.
(a) Insects for which a permit is not
					 required:
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Bean weevil
Acheta domesticus
House cricket
Adelpha bredowii
California sister
Aglais milberti
Milbert's tortoise shell
Agraulis vanillae
Gulf fritillary
Agrotis ipsilon
Black cutworm
Amblypygi
Whip scorpions
Amyelois transitella
Naval orangeworm
Anagasta kuehniella
Mediterranean flour moth
Anarsia lineatella
Peach twig borer
Antheraea polyphemus
Polyphemus silkmoth
Anthocaris sara
Sara orangetip
Anthrenus flavipes
Dermestid beetles
Anthrenus scrophulariae
Dermestid beetles
Aphis gossypii
Cotton Aphid
Artogeia rapae
Imported cabbage butterfly
Attagenus megatoma
Dermestid beetles
Battus philenor
Pipevine swallowtail
Belostomatidae
Waterbugs
Blaberus craniifer
False death's head roach
Blaberus discoidalis
Discoid roach
Blaberus fusca
False death's head roach
Blaberus giganteus
Giant roach
Blaptica dubia
Dubia roach
Blatella germanica
German cockroach
Blatta lateralis
Turkestan roach
Blatta orientalis
Oriental cockroach
Bombyx mori
Silkworm
Cadra cautella
Almond moth
Cadra figulilella
Raisin moth
Caliothrips fasciatus
Bean thrips
Calliphora vicina
Bluebottle fly
Callosobruchus maculatus
Cowpea weevil
Carpophilus hemipterus
Driedfruit beetle
Chelonethida
Psuedoscorpions
Chrysopa carnea
Green lacewing
Coenonympha californica
California ringlet
Colias (Zerene) eurydice
California dogface butterfly
Colias eurytheme
Alfalfa butterfly
Colias pholidice
Clouded sulfur
Corixidae
Water boatman
Coryalidae
Dobsonflies
Cryptolaemus montrouzieri
Mealybug destroyer
Ctenocephalides canis
Dog flea
Ctenocephalides felis
Cat flea
Cydia pomonella
Codling moth
Danaus gilippus
Queen
Dermestes ater
Black larder beetle
Dermestes caninus
Dermestid beetles
Dermestes lardarius
Larder beetle
Dermestes maculates
Hide beetle
Diplopoda
Millipedes
Diplura
Diplurans
Drosophila spp.
Pomace flies
Eleodes spp.
Darkling beetles
Embioptera
Embiids
Ephemeroptera
Mayflies
Ephestia elutella
Tobacco moth
Eublaberus distanti
Six spotted roach
Eublaberus prosticus
Orange headed roach
Euphydryas chalcedona
Chalcedon checkerspot
Everes amyntula
Western tailed blue
Fannia canicularis
Little house fly
Frankliniella occidentalis
Western flower thrips
Forificula auricularia
European earwig
Galleria mellonella
Wax worm or bee moth
Gerris spp.
Water striders
Grapholita molesta
Oriental fruit moth
Gromphadorhina portentosa
Hissing cockroach
Gromphadorhina spp.
Hissing cockroach
Grylloblattodea
Rock crawlers
Gryllus sp.
Common black field cricket
Gyrinidae
Whirligig beetles
Helicoverpa zea
Corn earworm
Heliothis virescens
Tobacco budworm
Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis
Greenhouse thrips
Hermetia illucens
Black soldier fly
Hippodamia convergens
Convergent ladybird beetle
Hyalophora euryalis
Ceanothus silk moth
Hydrophilus triangularis
Giant black water beetle
Hyles lineata
White lined sphinx
Iris oratoria
Iris mantid
Lasioderma serricorne
Cigarette beetle
Lepisma saccharina
Silverfish
Limenitis (Basilarchia) lorquini
Lorquin's admiral
Linepithema humile
Argentine ant
Lucanidae
Stag beetles
Lygaeus kalmii
Small milkweed bug
Lygus Hesperus
Western tarnished plant bug
Lygus lineolaris
Tarnished plant bug
Manduca quinquemaculata
Tomato hornworm
Manduca sexta
Tobacco hornworm
Mantis religiosa
European mantid
Mecoptera
Scorpionflies
Megachile rotundata
Leaf cutter bees
Megaloptera
Alderflies, dobsonflies
Microcentrum rhombifolium
Angelwinged katydid
Microthelypohonida
Whip scorpions
Murgantia histrionica
Harlequin bug
Musca domestica
House fly
Mutillidae
Velvet ants
Myrmeleontidae
Antlions
Myzus persicae
Green peach aphid
Nauphoeta cinerea
Lobster roach
Neophasia menapia
Pine white
Nomia melanderi
Alkali bees
Notonectidae
Backswimmers
Nymphalis antiopa
Mourning cloak butterfly
Odonata
Damselflies, dragonflies
Oncopeltus fasciatus
Large milkweed bug
Oryzaephilus mercator
Merchant grain beetle
Oryzaephilus surinamensis
Sawtoothed grain beetle
Pandemis pyrusana
Pandemis leafroller
Papilio cresphontes
Orange dog butterfly
Papilio eurymedon
Pale swallowtail
Papilio multicaudata
Two-tailed swallowtail
Papilio rutulus
Western tiger swallowtail
Papilio zelicaon
Anise swallowtail
Parnassius clodius
Clodius Parnassian
Pauropoda
Pauropods
Pedipalpida
Whip scorpions
Periplaneta americana
American cockroach
Phaenicia cuprina
Greenbottle flies
Phaenicia pallescens
Greenbottle flies
Phaenicia sericata
Greenbottle flies
Phalangida
Harvestman
Phoebis sennae
Cloudless sulfur
Phormia regina
Black blow fly
Phthorimaea operculella
Potato tuberworm
Phyciodes campestris
Field cresent
Phyciodes mylitta
Mylitta crescent
Pieris (Pontia) protodice
Checkered white
Plebejus acmon
Acmon blue
Plecoptera
Stoneflies
Plodia interpunctella
Indian meal moth
Plutella xylostella
Diamondback moth
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Harvester ants
Polygonia satyrus
Satyr anglewing
Polygonia zephyrus
Zephyr anglewing
Polystoechotidae
Giant lacewings
Precis coenia
Buckeye butterfly
Protura
Proturans
Pseudaletia unipunctata
Armyworm
Pseudoplusia includens
Soybean looper
Pulex irritans
Human flea
Pyralis farinalis
Meal moth
Pyygus communis
Common checkered skipper
Raphidoptera
Snakeflies
Rhagoletis completa
Walnut husk fly
Rhyzopertha dominica
Lesser grain borer
Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis
Flesh fly
Schizopeltida
Whip scorpions
Sitotroga cerealella
Angoumois grain moth
Solpugida
Wind scorpions
Spodoptera exigua
Beet armyworm
Spodoptera frugiperda
Fall armyworm
Stagomantis carolina
Carolina mantid
Stagomantis limibata
Limibatid mantid
Stegobium paniceum
Drugstore beetle
Stenopelmatus spp.
Jerusalem crickets
Stomoxys calcitrans
Stable fly
Strepsiptera
Twisted wing parasites
Symphyla
Symphlids
Tenebrio molitor
Mealworms
Tenebrio obscurus
Mealworms
Tenodera aridifolia sinensis
Chinese mantid
Tenodera augustipennis
Tenodera mantid
Tetranychus urticae
Twospotted spider mite
Thermobia domestica
Firebrat
Timemidae
Timemas
Tineola biselliella
Webbing clothes moth
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Greenhouse whitefly
Tribolium castaneum
Red flour beetle
Tribolium confusum
Confused flour beetle
Trichoplusia ni
Cabbage looper
Trichoptera
Caddisflies
Trogoderma variabile
Warehouse beetle
Vanessa annabella
West coast lady
Vanessa atalanta
Red admiral butterfly
Vanessa cardui
Painted lady butterfly
Vanessa virginiensis
American painted lady
Zootermopsis angusticollis
Pacific dampwood termite
Zophobas atratus
Large mealworm
Zophobas morio
Superworm
Zoraptera
Zorapterans
(b) Groups of insects for which a permit is
					 not required when the insect species under consideration is of common
					 occurrence in California.
(1) Predacious
					 species of beetles of the family Coccinellidae.
(2) Predacious species of flies of the family
					 Syrphidae.
(3) Predacious species
					 of Neuropterous insects of the family Chrysopidae.
(4) Parasitic species of flies of the family
					 Tachinidae.
(5) Parasitic species
					 of Hymenopterous insects of the families: Ichneumonidae, Braconidae,
					 Aphelinidae, Chalcididae, Scelionidae, and Trichogrammatidae.
(6) Insects that have been introduced and
					 previously released in California for biological control of insect, weed, or
					 other types of pests.