California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 4 - Plant Industry
Chapter 3 - Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Subchapter 4 - Plant Quarantine
Article 5 - Miscellaneous Rulings
Section 3558 - Insects Which May be Imported or Shipped into or Within California Without a Permit
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 12, March 22, 2024
Section 6305 of the Food and Agricultural Code requires persons to obtain a permit from the director or the United States Department of Agriculture to import into, or ship or transport within, the state live insects except for certain exemptions. One of these exemptions is for beneficial or useful insects of common occurrence in the state. To identify which beneficial insects do not require a permit to import into, or ship or transport within, the state the following lists are provided. However, as with all insect shipments they shall be rejected when the insects are moved in conjunction with host plants or other host organisms when such hosts would normally be rejected if moving independently.
(a) Insects for which a permit is not required:
| Acanthoscelides obtectus | Bean weevil |
| Acheta domesticus | House cricket |
| Adelpha bredowii | California sister |
| Aglais milberti | Milbert's tortoise shell |
| Agraulis vanillae | Gulf fritillary |
| Agrotis ipsilon | Black cutworm |
| Amblypygi | Whip scorpions |
| Amyelois transitella | Naval orangeworm |
| Anagasta kuehniella | Mediterranean flour moth |
| Anarsia lineatella | Peach twig borer |
| Antheraea polyphemus | Polyphemus silkmoth |
| Anthocaris sara | Sara orangetip |
| Anthrenus flavipes | Dermestid beetles |
| Anthrenus scrophulariae | Dermestid beetles |
| Aphis gossypii | Cotton Aphid |
| Artogeia rapae | Imported cabbage butterfly |
| Attagenus megatoma | Dermestid beetles |
| Battus philenor | Pipevine swallowtail |
| Belostomatidae | Waterbugs |
| Blaberus craniifer | False death's head roach |
| Blaberus discoidalis | Discoid roach |
| Blaberus fusca | False death's head roach |
| Blaberus giganteus | Giant roach |
| Blaptica dubia | Dubia roach |
| Blatella germanica | German cockroach |
| Blatta lateralis | Turkestan roach |
| Blatta orientalis | Oriental cockroach |
| Bombyx mori | Silkworm |
| Cadra cautella | Almond moth |
| Cadra figulilella | Raisin moth |
| Caliothrips fasciatus | Bean thrips |
| Calliphora vicina | Bluebottle fly |
| Callosobruchus maculatus | Cowpea weevil |
| Carpophilus hemipterus | Driedfruit beetle |
| Chelonethida | Psuedoscorpions |
| Chrysopa carnea | Green lacewing |
| Coenonympha californica | California ringlet |
| Colias (Zerene) eurydice | California dogface butterfly |
| Colias eurytheme | Alfalfa butterfly |
| Colias pholidice | Clouded sulfur |
| Corixidae | Water boatman |
| Coryalidae | Dobsonflies |
| Cryptolaemus montrouzieri | Mealybug destroyer |
| Ctenocephalides canis | Dog flea |
| Ctenocephalides felis | Cat flea |
| Cydia pomonella | Codling moth |
| Danaus gilippus | Queen |
| Dermestes ater | Black larder beetle |
| Dermestes caninus | Dermestid beetles |
| Dermestes lardarius | Larder beetle |
| Dermestes maculates | Hide beetle |
| Diplopoda | Millipedes |
| Diplura | Diplurans |
| Drosophila spp. | Pomace flies |
| Eleodes spp. | Darkling beetles |
| Embioptera | Embiids |
| Ephemeroptera | Mayflies |
| Ephestia elutella | Tobacco moth |
| Eublaberus distanti | Six spotted roach |
| Eublaberus prosticus | Orange headed roach |
| Euphydryas chalcedona | Chalcedon checkerspot |
| Everes amyntula | Western tailed blue |
| Fannia canicularis | Little house fly |
| Frankliniella occidentalis | Western flower thrips |
| Forificula auricularia | European earwig |
| Galleria mellonella | Wax worm or bee moth |
| Gerris spp. | Water striders |
| Grapholita molesta | Oriental fruit moth |
| Gromphadorhina portentosa | Hissing cockroach |
| Gromphadorhina spp. | Hissing cockroach |
| Grylloblattodea | Rock crawlers |
| Gryllus sp. | Common black field cricket |
| Gyrinidae | Whirligig beetles |
| Helicoverpa zea | Corn earworm |
| Heliothis virescens | Tobacco budworm |
| Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis | Greenhouse thrips |
| Hermetia illucens | Black soldier fly |
| Hippodamia convergens | Convergent ladybird beetle |
| Hyalophora euryalis | Ceanothus silk moth |
| Hydrophilus triangularis | Giant black water beetle |
| Hyles lineata | White lined sphinx |
| Iris oratoria | Iris mantid |
| Lasioderma serricorne | Cigarette beetle |
| Lepisma saccharina | Silverfish |
| Limenitis (Basilarchia) lorquini | Lorquin's admiral |
| Linepithema humile | Argentine ant |
| Lucanidae | Stag beetles |
| Lygaeus kalmii | Small milkweed bug |
| Lygus Hesperus | Western tarnished plant bug |
| Lygus lineolaris | Tarnished plant bug |
| Manduca quinquemaculata | Tomato hornworm |
| Manduca sexta | Tobacco hornworm |
| Mantis religiosa | European mantid |
| Mecoptera | Scorpionflies |
| Megachile rotundata | Leaf cutter bees |
| Megaloptera | Alderflies, dobsonflies |
| Microcentrum rhombifolium | Angelwinged katydid |
| Microthelypohonida | Whip scorpions |
| Murgantia histrionica | Harlequin bug |
| Musca domestica | House fly |
| Mutillidae | Velvet ants |
| Myrmeleontidae | Antlions |
| Myzus persicae | Green peach aphid |
| Nauphoeta cinerea | Lobster roach |
| Neophasia menapia | Pine white |
| Nomia melanderi | Alkali bees |
| Notonectidae | Backswimmers |
| Nymphalis antiopa | Mourning cloak butterfly |
| Odonata | Damselflies, dragonflies |
| Oncopeltus fasciatus | Large milkweed bug |
| Oryzaephilus mercator | Merchant grain beetle |
| Oryzaephilus surinamensis | Sawtoothed grain beetle |
| Pandemis pyrusana | Pandemis leafroller |
| Papilio cresphontes | Orange dog butterfly |
| Papilio eurymedon | Pale swallowtail |
| Papilio multicaudata | Two-tailed swallowtail |
| Papilio rutulus | Western tiger swallowtail |
| Papilio zelicaon | Anise swallowtail |
| Parnassius clodius | Clodius Parnassian |
| Pauropoda | Pauropods |
| Pedipalpida | Whip scorpions |
| Periplaneta americana | American cockroach |
| Phaenicia cuprina | Greenbottle flies |
| Phaenicia pallescens | Greenbottle flies |
| Phaenicia sericata | Greenbottle flies |
| Phalangida | Harvestman |
| Phoebis sennae | Cloudless sulfur |
| Phormia regina | Black blow fly |
| Phthorimaea operculella | Potato tuberworm |
| Phyciodes campestris | Field cresent |
| Phyciodes mylitta | Mylitta crescent |
| Pieris (Pontia) protodice | Checkered white |
| Plebejus acmon | Acmon blue |
| Plecoptera | Stoneflies |
| Plodia interpunctella | Indian meal moth |
| Plutella xylostella | Diamondback moth |
| Pogonomyrmex californicus | Harvester ants |
| Polygonia satyrus | Satyr anglewing |
| Polygonia zephyrus | Zephyr anglewing |
| Polystoechotidae | Giant lacewings |
| Precis coenia | Buckeye butterfly |
| Protura | Proturans |
| Pseudaletia unipunctata | Armyworm |
| Pseudoplusia includens | Soybean looper |
| Pulex irritans | Human flea |
| Pyralis farinalis | Meal moth |
| Pyygus communis | Common checkered skipper |
| Raphidoptera | Snakeflies |
| Rhagoletis completa | Walnut husk fly |
| Rhyzopertha dominica | Lesser grain borer |
| Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis | Flesh fly |
| Schizopeltida | Whip scorpions |
| Sitotroga cerealella | Angoumois grain moth |
| Solpugida | Wind scorpions |
| Spodoptera exigua | Beet armyworm |
| Spodoptera frugiperda | Fall armyworm |
| Stagomantis carolina | Carolina mantid |
| Stagomantis limibata | Limibatid mantid |
| Stegobium paniceum | Drugstore beetle |
| Stenopelmatus spp. | Jerusalem crickets |
| Stomoxys calcitrans | Stable fly |
| Strepsiptera | Twisted wing parasites |
| Symphyla | Symphlids |
| Tenebrio molitor | Mealworms |
| Tenebrio obscurus | Mealworms |
| Tenodera aridifolia sinensis | Chinese mantid |
| Tenodera augustipennis | Tenodera mantid |
| Tetranychus urticae | Twospotted spider mite |
| Thermobia domestica | Firebrat |
| Timemidae | Timemas |
| Tineola biselliella | Webbing clothes moth |
| Trialeurodes vaporariorum | Greenhouse whitefly |
| Tribolium castaneum | Red flour beetle |
| Tribolium confusum | Confused flour beetle |
| Trichoplusia ni | Cabbage looper |
| Trichoptera | Caddisflies |
| Trogoderma variabile | Warehouse beetle |
| Vanessa annabella | West coast lady |
| Vanessa atalanta | Red admiral butterfly |
| Vanessa cardui | Painted lady butterfly |
| Vanessa virginiensis | American painted lady |
| Zootermopsis angusticollis | Pacific dampwood termite |
| Zophobas atratus | Large mealworm |
| Zophobas morio | Superworm |
| Zoraptera | Zorapterans |
(b) Groups of insects for which a permit is not required when the insect species under consideration is of common occurrence in California.
1. New
section filed 4-3-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No.
14).
2. Repealer and new section filed 3-29-83; effective thirtieth
day thereafter (Register 83, No. 14).
3. Amendment filed 5-7-97;
operative 6-6-97 (Register 97, No. 19).
4. Editorial correction of
subsection (a)(24) (Register 2004, No. 27).
5. Amendment of
subsection (a), including removal of numbered subsection designators, and
amendment of subsection (b)(5) filed 7-2-2004; operative 8-1-2004 (Register
2004, No. 27).
6. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-11-2010;
operative 11-10-2010 (Register 2010, No. 42).
7. Change without
regulatory effect amending subsection (a) filed 3-1-2011 pursuant to section
100, title 1, California Code of
Regulations (Register 2011, No. 9).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 5302, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Section 6305, Food and Agricultural Code.
