Proposed common names that are approved by the Common Names Committee will be posted here for at least 30 days. 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 Common Names Committee via pubs@entsoc.org by October 19. For more information, click on the names below.
Proposed common name: hibiscus bud weevil
Scientific name: Anthonomus testaceosquamosus Linell
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae