Proposed Common Names

The following common name proposals have been recommended to the membership for comment. ESA members have 30 days in which to comment on any of these names. Please submit comments by March 19, 2010 to Alan Kahan (akahan@entsoc.org), the staff liaison to the Committee on the Common Names of Insects. To view the proposals (where available), click on the proposed insect names below:
 

western pine tussock moth, Dasychira grisefacta (Dyar) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae: Lymantriinae)
 

goldspotted oak borer, Agrilus coxalis Waterhouse (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
 

northern spruce engraver, Ips perturbatus (Eichoff) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
 

blue spruce engraver, Ips hunteri Swaine, Coleoptera (Curculionidae: Scolytinae)
 

southwestern pine tiger moth, Lophocampa ingens (Hy. Edwards, 1881) (Lepidoptera, Arctiidae)
 

brown marmorated stink bug, Halyomorpha halys (Stål) (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)
 

citrus longhorned beetle, Anoplophora chinensis (Forster) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)
 

European oak borer, Agrilus sulcicollis Lacordaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)
 

western black widow spider, Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie (Araneae: Theridiidae)
 

southern black widow spider, Latrodectus mactans (F.) (Araneae: Theridiidae)
 

Chilean recluse spider, Loxosceles laeta (Nicolet) (Araneae: Sicariidae)
 

Mediterranean recluse spider, Loxosceles rufescens (Dufour) (Araneae: Sicariidae)
 

Please submit comments by March 19, 2010 to Alan Kahan (akahan@entsoc.org).