Plant Industry - CAPS Annual Survey

The 2023 CAPS commodity survey list. For more information, click on any pest's common name. Please note, some target pests require use of the same trap.

*[Alt text] The common names within this group are undergoing some changes as a part of the Entomological Society of America’s Better Common Names Project. ESA is the organization that approves common names for insect species in the US. Learn more at the ESA website.

2023 Cooperative Agricultural Pest Survey (CAPS )
North Carolina
	Pest
Survey Type	(Common)	(Scientific)	Trap Type
Forest Pests	Oak Splendor Beetle	Agrilus biguttatus	biosurveillance
	Asian Longhorned Beetle	Anoplophora glabripennis	visual

Oak	Oak Ambrosia Beetle	Platypus quercivorus	funnel
(Oak is an important commodity for NC)	Oak Processionary	Thaumetopoea processionea	wing

Mollusk	Giant African Snail	Lissachatina fulica	visual
(Exotic invasive snails)	Hygromiid Snails	Cernuella sp./spp.	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Veronicella sp./spp.	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Belocaulus spp.	visual
	Cochlicellid snails	Cochlicella spp.	visual
	Hygromiid Snails	Monacha spp.	visual
	Chinese slug	Meghimatium pictum	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Colosius spp.	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Laevicaulis spp.	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Sarasinula spp.	visual
	Leatherleaf Slugs	Semperula spp.	visual

Asian Defoliators*	Flighted Spongy Moth	Lymantria dispar asiatica	paper delta
(This is a destructive group of pests whose host range includes a wide variety of plants (hardwood and softwood forests)	Flighted Spongy Moth	Lymantria dispar japonica	paper delta
	Ivory Spongy Moth	Lymantria albescens	paper delta
	Shadow Spongy Moth	Lymantria umbrosa	paper delta
	Rosy Tussock Moth	Lymantria mathura	wing
	Black-arched Tussock Moth	Lymantria monacha	paper delta
	Masson Pine Moth	Dendrolimus punctatus	wing
	Pine-Tree Lappet	Dendrolimus pini	milk carton
	Siberian Silk Moth	Dendrolimus sibericus	milk carton

Grape	Spotted Lanternfly	Lycorma delicatula	visual + circle trap
(This survey looks to protect our growing grape industry, both Vitis rotundifolia and V. vinifera species, from harmful plant pests.)	European Grapevine Moth	Lobesia botrana	plastic delta
	Christmas Berry Webworm	Cryptoblabes gnidiella	bucket/dry

Solanaceous	Tomato Leaf Miner	Tuta absoluta	plastic delta
(Tomato, tobacco, potato, eggplant)	Cotton Cutworm	Spodoptera litura	bucket/dry
	Old World Bollworm	Helicoverpa armigera	bucket/dry
	Golden Twin Spot Moth	Chrysodeixis chalcites	bucket/dry
	Tomato Fruit Borer	Neoleucinodes elegantalis	plastic delta
	Silver Y moth	Autographa gamma	bucket/dry
	False Codling Moth	Thaumatotibia leucotreta	delta
	Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV)	Tobamovirus	visual

Box Tree Moth	Box Tree Moth	Cydalima perspectalis	bucket/dry

Phytophthora	Sudden Oak Death	Phytophthora ramorum	visual

Spotted Lanternfly	Spotted Lanternfly	Lycorma delicatula	visual + circle trap