The following new insect common names were recently approved by the ESA Committee on Common Names and are being submitted to the ESA membership for comment. Please submit any comments to the ESA Committee on Common Names by emailing pubs@entsoc.org.
To access the proposal, click on the hyperlinked common name below.
Proposed common name: Ailanthus trunk weevil
Scientific name: Eucryptorrhynchus brandti (Harold)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Deadline for comments: April 11, 2025
Proposed common name: short-spined thrips
Scientific name: Thrips parvispinus Karny
Order: Thysanoptera
Family: Thripidae
Deadline for comments: May 2, 2025
Proposed common name: western red cucujid
Scientific name: Cucujus puniceus Mannerheim
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cucujidae
Deadline for comments: May 16, 2025
Proposed common name: eastern red cucujid
Scientific name: Cucujus clavipes Fabricius
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Cucujidae
Deadline for comments: May 16, 2025
Proposed common name: northwestern pine sawfly
Scientific name: Neodiprion nanulus contortae Ross
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Diprionidae
Deadline for comments: May 16, 2025
Proposed common name: southwestern pine beetle
Scientific name: Dendroctonus barberi Hopkins
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae: Scolytinae
Deadline for comments: May 16, 2025