2009 CAPS Pest List
The Massachusetts Introduced Pests Outreach Project is part of the Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS), a partnership between all 50 states and the USDA to detect and monitor exotic pests, pathogens and weeds. Each fall, the Massachusetts CAPS Committee, with members from the Mass. Department of Agricultural Resources, USDA APHIS-PPQ, UMass Extension, and non-governmental organizations with a stake in the state’s agricultural resources, meets in order to decide which pests will be the focus of the next year’s survey and outreach efforts. The 2009 CAPS pest list for Massachusetts is below, with species ranked in order of importance. Over the next couple of months we will add fact sheets for any species that does not already have one.
| Rank | Scientific Name | Common Name | Organism Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phytophthora ramorum | Sudden oak death, Ramorum blight | pathogen |
| 2 | Anoplophora glabripennis | Asian longhorned beetle | insect |
| 3 | Agrilus planipennis | Emerald ash borer | insect |
| 4 | Epiphyas postvittana | Light brown apple moth | insect |
| 5 | Potyvirus | Plum Pox Virus, PPV | pathogen |
| 6 | Puccinia horiana | Chrysanthemum white rust | pathogen |
| 7 | Adoxophyes orana | Summer fruit tortrix moth | insect |
| 8 | Anoplophora chinensis | Rough shouldered longhorned beetle, Citrus longhorned beetle | insect |
| 9 | Monochamus alternatus | Japanese pine sawyer | insect |
| 10 | Lobesia botrana | European grape vine moth | insect |
| 11 | Lymantria dispar (Asian strain) | Asian gypsy moth | insect |
| 12 | Lymantria mathura | Pink gypsy moth | insect |
| 13 | Spodoptera litura | Cotton cutworm | insect |
| 14 | Spodoptera littoralis | Egyptian cottonworm | insect |
| 15 | Puccinia hemerocallidis | Daylily rust | pathogen |
| 16 | Globodera rostochiensis | Golden nematode | nematode |
| 17 | Globodera pallida | Potato cyst nematode | nematode |
| 18 | Polygonum perfoliatum | Mile-a-minute vine | plant |
| 19 | Heracleum mantegazzianum | Giant hogweed | plant |
| 20 | Orobanche cernua, other non-native Orobanche spp. | Nodding broomrape | plant |
| 21 | Lepidium latifolium | Perennial pepperweed | plant |
