Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 2 - Agriculture and Commerce › Part 1 - Rules of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce › Subpart 3 - Bureau of Plant Industry › Chapter 01 - Plant Diseases, Insects and Weeds › Regulated Pests of Non-Quarantine Significance (List A) › Section 2-1-3-01-101

Current through June 25, 2024
Regulated Pests of non-quarantine significance (List A):
						Includes pests of such destructive significance that they shall be controlled
						to meet general certification of nursery stock and/or other commodities for
						sale or shipment from wholesale and retail establishments. Plants and other
						commodities found infested/infected with pests in LIST A shall, at the
						discretion of the inspector, be declared unfit for sale and subject to
						immediate stop-sale and/or non-certification until treatment and pest control
						is achieved or the infested material destroyed to the satisfaction of the state
						entomologist. Plant material being transported into Mississippi from other
						states found infested/infected with pests in LIST A may be placed under
						stop-sale, the shipper notified of such, and arrangements made for the material
						to be treated and returned to the shipper. No additional quarantine measures
						shall be in effect unless the pest is officially placed on List B. Nursery
						stock and other commodities in order to meet general certification standards
						must be apparently free of the following pests:
1. Insects/Arthropods and some plants they
					 will attack:
a. Asian cycad scale,
Aulacapsis yasumatui
;
b. Black parlatoria scale,
Parlatoria
					 zizyphus (Lucus)
;
c. Brown
					 marmorated stink bug,
Halyomorpha halys (Stal)
- Fruit trees
					 (apples, pears, peaches, figs, mulberries, citrus, persimmon), shade trees,
					 ornamentals and soybeans);
d. Brown
					 soft scale,
Coccus hesperidum (Linnaeus)
e. Cereal leaf beetle,
Oulema
					 melanopus (Linnaeus)-
grasses, corn and small grains;
f. Chaff scale,
Parlatoria
					 pergandii
Comstock citrus, P.camelliae on camellia;
g. Chilli thrips,
Scirtotohrips
					 dorsalis
(Hood) - various vegetables, fruits and
					 ornamentals;
h. Chrysanthemum gall
					 midge,
Rhopalomya chrysanthemi
(Ahlberg) -
					 Chrysanthemum;
i. Citrus blackfly
aleurocanthus woglumi
Ashby avocado, citrus, coffee, guava,
					 mango, and other plants;
j. Citrus
					 mealybug,
Plannococcus citri
(Risso) begonia, bottle bush,
					 citrus, coleus, cotton, English ivy, ferns, fuchia, oleander, peony,
					 poinsettia, pumpkin, Wandering Jew, and other plants;
k. Citrus red mite,
Panonychus
					 citri
(McGregor) citrus;
l. Citrus root weevils,
Pachnaeus
					 litus
(Germar),
Pachnaeus opalus
(Olivier),
Pachnaeus azurescens
(Gyllenhal) citrus;
m. Citrus scale of various species, citrus
					 and other shade trees and ornamental plants;
n. Citrus white fly,
Dialeurodes
					 citri
(Ashmead) blackberry, ivy, button bush, cape jasmine, cherry
					 laurel, Chinaberry, citrus, honeysuckle, japonica, oleander, Osage orange,
					 pomegranate, smilax, scrub palmetto, trumpet flower, water oak, and other
					 plants;
o. Cloudy-winged whitefly,
					 Dialerurodes, citrifolii (Morgan) citrus, Indian laurel;
p. Cottony-cushion scale,
Icerya
					 purchase
(Maskell) acadias, apple, apricot, careless weed, castor
					 bean, citrus, coleus, fig, goldenrod, grapes, locust, magnolia, mulberry,
					 myrtle, nettle, nightshade, oak, peach, pecan, pepper, pine, pomegranate,
					 potato, quince, geranium;
q. Cuban
					 laurel thrips,
Gynaikorthrips ficorum
(Marchal)
Ficus
					 retusa
L, F.
microcarpa
, viburnum citrus, F.
axillaris
, F.
aurea
, F.
benjamina
, F.
elastica
, F.
retusa
,
Codiaeum variegatum
,
Melicocca bijuga
, N
icotiana tabacum
,
Viburnum
suspensum
,
Eucalyptus
,
Gliricidia
,
Calocarpum
spp. and orchids;
r. Dictyospermum scale,
Chrysomphalus
					 distyospermi
(Morgan) arborvitae, camphor, cape jasmine, citrus, rose,
					 and other plants;
s. Dogwood borer,
Thamnosphecia scitula
(Harris) chestnut, dogwood, hickory,
					 oak, and pecan;
t. European corn
					 borer,
Ostrinia nubilalis
(Huber) favorite food plant is corn,
					 but also feeds on any succulent plant;
u. Florida red scale,
Chrysomphalus
					 aonidum
(Linnaeus) banana, begonia, camphor, citrus, japonica,
					 oleander, palm, rose, rubber plant, and other plants;
v. Florida wax scale,
Ceroplastes
					 floridensis
(Comstock) citrus, euonymus, myrtle, oleander,
					 pomegranate, quince, and other plants;
w. Glover scale,
Lepidosaphes
					 gloverii
(Packsard) citrus, magnolia, fuscata, and other
					 plants;
x. Green shield scale,
Pulvinaria psiddii
(Maskell) citrus, fig, loquat, and other
					 plants;
y.
Gynaikothrips
					 uzelli
pest on Ficus;
z.
					 Hemispherical scale,
Saisetia coffaea
(Walker) camellia,
					 ferns, jasmine, oleander, orange, sago palm and other plants;
aa. Obscure scale,
Melanaspis
					 obscura
(Comstock) Oak and pecan;
bb. Oriental fruit moth,
Grapholitha
					 molesta
(Busck) apple, cherry, peach, pear, plum, and
					 quince;
cc. Peach tree borer,
Samninoidea exitosa
(Say) peach and plum;
dd. Pear thrips,
Taeniothrips
					 inconsequens
(Uzel) Pear;
ee. Pecan bud moth,
Gretchena
					 bolliana
(Slingerland) hickory and pecan;
ff. Pecan leaf casebearer,
Acrobasis
					 juglandis
(LeBaron) Hickory, pecan, walnut and wild crab;
gg. Pecan nut casebearer,
Acrobasis
					 caryae
Grote Pecan;
hh.
					 Plumeria Whitefly,
Paraleyrodes perseae
(Quintance);
ii. Purple scale,
Lepidosaphes
					 beckii
(Newman) Citrus, eleagnus, fig, oak, olive, and other
					 plants.
jj. Putnam scale,
Aspidiotus ancylus
(Putnam) Apple, ash, beech, cherry,
					 currant, hackberry, linden, maple, oak, Osage orange, peach, pear, pecan, plum,
					 quince, snowball, and willow.
kk.
					 Pyriform scale,
Protopulvinaria pyriformis
(Cockerell) Cape
					 jasmine, English ivy, and other plants.
ll. Red-banded thrips,
Selenothrips
					 rubrocinctus
(Giard) Avocado, guava, and mango.
mm. San Jose scale,
Aspidiotus
					 perniciosus
(Comstock) Acacia, alder American linden, apple, apricot,
					 ash, black walnut, citrus trifolioata, crab apple, dogwood, elm, English
					 willow, euonymus, gooseberry, huckleberry, Japan walnut, laurel, lemon, lime,
					 Lombardy poplar maple, orange, Osage orange, peach, pear, pecan, persimmon,
					 poplar, plum, quince, raspberry, rose, snowball, spirea, spruce, strawberry,
					 sumac, willow, and other plants.
nn. Six-spotted mite,
Eotetranychus
					 sexmaculatus
(Riley) Citrus.
oo. South American rice leaf miner,
Hydrellia wirthi
Korytkowski Rice.
pp. Strawberry crown borer,
Tyloderma
					 fragariae
(Riley) Citrus.
qq. Strawberry root aphid,
Aphis
					 forbesi
Weed.
rr.
					 Strawberry root weevil,
Brachyrhinus ovatus
(Linnaeus)
					 Strawberry.
ss. Striped citrus root
					 weevil,
Exophthalmus vittatus
(Linnaeus) Citrus.
tt. Sugarcane borer,
Diatraea
					 saccharalis
(Fabricius) Sugar cane, corn, sorghum, and
					 grasses.
uu. Sugarcane mealybug,
Pseudococcus boninsis
Sugar cane.
vv. Sugarcane rootstalk weevil/Diaprepes root
					 weevil,
Diaprepes abbreviatus
Sugar cane.
ww. Sweetpotato whitefly, Q biotype,
Bermisia tabaci
(Gennadius) Various ornamentals, vegetables
					 and agronomic crops.
xx. Walnut
					 scale,
Aspidiotus juglansregiae
(Comstock) Apple, apricot,
					 cherry, Japan plum, locust, maple, peach, pear, pecan, and walnut.
yy. White-fringed beetles, species of the
					 genus
Graphognathus
Irish potatoes, peanuts, cotton, tomatoes,
					 velvet beans, snap beans, lima beans, turnips, and many other plants.
zz. Whitefly,
Paraleurodes
					 perseae
(Quaintance) Citrus and avocado.