Hawaii Administrative Rules
Title 4 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Subtitle 6 - DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Chapter 72 - PLANT AND NON-DOMESTIC ANIMAL QUARANTINE PLANT INTRASTATE RULES
Section 4-72-5 - Examples of regulated pests
Current through February, 2024
Examples of pests for the purposes of § 4-72-4 shall include, but not be limited to the following:
(1) Oriental beetle - Anomala orientalis Waterhouse, a serious insect pest of sugarcane;
(2) Fern weevil - Syagrius fulvitarisis Pascoe, an insect pest injurious to fern plants;
(3) Giant African snail - Achatina fulica Bowdich, a serious pest of horticultural and vegetable crops;
(4) Cactus mealybug - Dactylopius opuntiae (Cockerell) and other insects feeding on opuntia spp. 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 mosaic, 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 differmis Panzar, a pest injurious to the ros plant;
(11) Croton whitefly - Orchamplatus mammaeferus (Quaintance and Baker), a serious insect pest of croton and citrus;
(12) Anthurium whitefly - Aleurotulus sp., a serious insect pest of anthurium;
(13) An anthurium whitefly - Crenidorsum sp., a serious insect pest of anthurium, philodendron, and monstera;
(14) Eurasian pine aphid - Pineus pini Koch, 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 sp., a serious pest of dryland taro; and
(17) Eucalyptus canker - Cryphonectria cubensis (Bruner) Hodges, a serious disease of Eucalyptus spp.