HAR §4-72-15. Examples of regulated pests

** Examples of taxa that are pests include, but are not limited to the following: (1) Oriental beetle - *Anomala orientalis* (Waterhouse), a serious insect pest of sugarcane; (2) Fern weevil - *Syagrius fulvitarisis* 72-10 3578 §4-72-15 Pascoe, an insect pest injurious to fern plants; (3) Giant African snail - Lissachatina fulica (Bowdich), a serious pest of horticultural and vegetable crops; (4) Cactus mealybug - Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) and other insects feeding on Opuntia species of cactus, pests injurious to cactus utilized for forage or ornamental purposes; (5) Hunting billbug - Sphenophorus venatus vestitus Chittenden, a serious insect pest of turf and range grasses; (6) Coconut scale - Aspidiotus destructor Signoret, a serious insect pest of palms, bananas, and more than 400 more plants; (7) Sugarcane smut - Ustilago scitaminea Syd., a serious fungus disease of sugarcane; (8) Papaya ringspot virus, a serious virus disease of papaya; (9) Orange spiny whitefly - Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Quaintance), a serious insect pest of rose and citrus; (10) Bristly rose slug - Cladius difformis (Panzar), a pest injurious to the rose plant; (11) Croton whitefly - Orchamoplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance and Baker), a serious insect pest of croton and citrus; (12) Anthurium whitefly - Aleurotulus anthuricola Nakahara, a serious insect pest of anthurium; (13) An anthurium whitefly - Crenidorsum aroidephagus Martin & Aguiar, a serious insect pest of anthurium, philodendron, and monstera; (14) Eurasian pine aphid - Pineus pini (Macquart), a serious insect pest of pine; (15) Fiery skipper - Hylephila phyleus (Drury), a serious pest of turf and pasture grasses and ornamental sedges; (16) Taro root aphid - Pemphigus 72-11 3578 §4-72-15 populitransversus Riley, a serious pest of dryland taro; (17) Eucalyptus canker - Chrysoporthe cubensis (Bruner) Gryzenh. & M.J. Wingf., a serious disease of Eucalyptus species; (18) Giant salvinia - Salvinia molesta Mitchell; (19) Water spangles - Salvinia minima Baker; (20) Water lettuce - Pistia stratiotes L.; (21) Fusarium wilt of banana - Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense W.C. Snyder & H.N. Hansen; (22) Citrus huanglongbing - Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus Jagoueix, Bové & Garnier, responsible for citrus greening; (23) Palm lethal yellows - Candidatus Phytoplasma palmae (16SrIV-A subgroup), responsible for lethal diseases of palm; (24) Colocasia bobone disease associated virus - Cytorhabdovirus colocasiae, a lethal pathogen associated with alomae bobone disease of taro; (25) Sweet potato virus disease - Sweet potato chlorotic stunt virus, a lethal disease of sweet potato; and (26) Hala scale - Thysanococcus pandani Stickney, a serious pest of hala, an environmentally and culturally significant indigenous plant; (27) Macadamia felted coccid - Acanthococcus ironsidei (Williams, 1973), a detrimental pest to the macadamia nut industry in Hawaii; (28) Acalolepta aesthetica (Olliff), an invasive longhorn beetle that attacks many plant species; (29) Two-lined spittlebug - Prosapia bincta (Say), a serious pest of range grasses; (30) Citrus canker - Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri, a serious disease of citrus; (31) Citrus black spot - Phyllosticta citricarpa (McAlpine) Aa, a serious disease 72-12 3576 §4-72-15 of citrus; and (32) Any taxa designated as a pest for control or eradication pursuant to chapter 4-69A, including any taxa designated as a noxious weed pursuant to chapter 4-68. [Eff 7/13/81; am and comp 9/19/91; comp 2/24/12; am, ren §4-72-5, and comp JAN 20 2025 ] (Auth: HRS §§141-2, 150A-9) (Imp: HRS §§141-2, 150A-8) ###