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COMMON Name List

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Species	Taxonomy	Host	Image
Coridromius chenopoderis	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Miridae	Coridromius chenopoderis has the widest range of host plants from the genus Coridromius. It hosts at least 17 plant species in the Chenopodiaceae (chenopods). Which are flowering plants such as spinach, beets, goosefoot, or mangel-wurzel.
African Cluster Bug Agonoscelis puberula	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Pentatomidae	Thyme, flax, coffee tree, and the invasive weed, horehound.
Argentine ant Linepithema humile	Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae	None
Asian Citrus Psyllid Diaphorina citri	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Psyllidae	The host range of Diaphorina citri includes 25 genera in the family Rutaceae, although not all of those species are good hosts. The most common or preferred hosts are in the genera Citropsis (cherry oranges), Citrus (lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit, kumquats etc.) and Murraya (curry, orange jasmine and jessamine). In Texas, we are most concerned about the threat to Citrus plants both in our backyards and those used for commercial production.
Asian longhorned beetle Anoplophora glabripennis	Class: Insecta Order: Coleoptera Family: Cerambycidae	Most hardwood trees. Complete host list - provided by USDA-APHIS
Asian Needle Ant Brachyoponera chinensis	Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera Family: Formicidae	Found near termites or other ant species' colonies in both disturbed and/or “natural areas” like forests
Asian Tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus	Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae	None
Bean Plataspid Megacopta cribraria	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Plataspidae	Soy beans, kudzu, and other leguminous crops
Beet Leafhopper Circulifer tenellus	Class: Insecta Order: Hemiptera Family: Cicadellidae	Beets, tomato, chile plants
Black Webspinner Oligotoma nigra	Class: Insecta Order: Embiidina Family: Oligotomidae	Lichens and moss