Insects
Prevention is the most effective way for the CFIA to protect the plant resource base. However should a pest become introduced in Canada, the Agency’s goal is to reduce its impact.
- Acrolepiopsis assectella (Zeller, 1839) - Leek Moth
- Adelges tsugae (Annand) - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid
- Agrilus planipennis – Emerald Ash Borer
- Anoplophora chinensis - Citrus long-horned beetle
- Anoplophora glabripennis - Asian Long-horned Beetle
- Contarinia nasturtii - Swede Midge
- Epiphyas postvittana - Light Brown Apple Moth
- Grapholita molesta (Busck) - Oriental Fruit Moth
- Hylastes ater (Paykull) - Black pine bark beetle
- Hylurgus ligniperda - Red-Haired Pine Bark Beetle
- Ips typographus L. - European Spruce Bark Beetle
- Lobesia botrana - European grapevine moth
- Lymantria dispar - Gypsy Moth
- Lymantria mathura Moore - Rosy (Pink) Gypsy Moth
- Lymantria monacha - Nun Moth
- Popillia japonica (Newman) - Japanese Beetle
- Rhagoletis mendax - Blueberry Maggot
- Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) - Apple Maggot
- Sirex noctilio F. - Sirex Wasp
- Tetropium castaneum - European spruce longhorn beetle
- Tetropium fuscum - Brown Spruce Longhorn Beetle
- Tomicus piniperda (Linnaeus) - Pine Shoot Beetle
- Trogoderma granarium Everts - Khapra Beetle
- Tuta absoluta - Tomato Leafminer
- Yponomeuta malinellus (Zellar) - Apple Ermine Moth
Information on forest pests not present in Canada or included in the list of pests regulated by Canada can be found in the Exotic Forest Insect Guidebook 2006 in the Government of Canada Web Archive.
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