Proposed Common Names

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 September 2, 2021. For more information, click on the name below.

Proposed common name: black fig fly
Scientific name: Silba adipata
Order: Diptera
Family: Lonchaeidae