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: Eurasian spruce ips
Scientific name: Ips typographus (L.)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Deadline for comments: August 29, 2026
Proposed common name: greater Eurasian spruce beetle
Scientific name: Dendroctonus micans (Kug.)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Deadline for comments: August 29, 2026
Proposed common name to remove: Tahitian coconut weevil
Scientific name: Diocalandra taitensis
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Curculionidae
Deadline for comments: September 20, 2026