List of quarantine plant pests

List of pests regulated by Canada

Amendment of quarantine pest list:

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will amend the quarantine pest list which is based on the result of several pest risk analyses (PRA) and under the authority of the Plant Protection Act. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notifies to add 27 quarantine pest species as follows:

#       Scientific name                                                    Group

1       Anthonomus bisignifer (Schenkling)                     Coleoptera

2       Aphanostigma iaksuiense (Kishida)                       Hemiptera

3       Aphanostigma piri (Cholodkovsky)                       Hemiptera

4       Archips breviplicanus (Walsingham)                     Lepidoptera

5       Archips semistructa (Meyrick)                               Lepidoptera

6       Arge berberidis Schrank                                       Hymenoptera

7       Aromia bungii (Faldermann)                                 Coleoptera

8       Cacopsylla chinensis (Yang & Li)                            Hemiptera

9       Cacopsylla liaoli (Yang & Li)                                   Hemiptera

10     Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi                               Phytoplasma

11     Chrysanthemum stem necrosis tospovirus        RNA viruses

12     Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann)                         Coleoptera

13     Euzophera bigella (Zeller)                                     Lepidoptera

14     Euzophera pyriella (Yang)                                     Lepidoptera

15     Grapholita dimorpha Komai                                 Lepidoptera

16     Grapholita lobarzewskii (Nowicki)                          Lepidoptera

17     Hylesinus oleiperda (F.)                                        Coleoptera

18     Lycorma delicatula (White)                                   Hemiptera

19     Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus)                             Lepidoptera

20     Monilia yunnanensis (M.J. Hu & C.X. Luo)              Fungi

21     Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki)                                       Lepidoptera

22     Nysius ericae (Schilling)                                        Hemiptera

23     Oemona hirta (Fabricius)                                      Coleoptera

24     Phloeotribus scarabaeoides Bern.                          Coleoptera

25     Phytomyza gymnostoma Loew                             Diptera

26     Polygraphus proximus Blandford                           Coleoptera

27     Spilonota albicana (Motschulsky)                          Lepidoptera

In addition, the existing entry "Phytophthora spp." is being modified to exclude domestic Phytophthora species and Phytophthora species known to not be of quarantine concern to Canada.

Phytophthora spp. except:

1)      Phytophthora brassicae

2)      Phytophthora cactorum

3)      Phytophthora cambivora

4)      Phytophthora capsici

5)      Phytophthora cinnamomi

6)      Phytophthora citricola

7)      Phytophthora cryptogea

8)      Phytophthora drechsleri

9)      Phytophthora erythroseptica

10)    Phytophthora fragariae

11)    Phytophthora ilicis

12)    Phytophthora infestans

13)    Phytophthora lateralis

14)    Phytophthora medicaginis

15)    Phytophthora nicotianae

16)    Phytophthora pini

17)    Phytophthora plurivora

18)    Phytophthora rubi

19)    Phytophthora sojae 

20)    Phytophthora syringae