Clarissa Balbalian (Chair, National Data Committee)
The Communicator: Volume 5, Issue 11, November 2024
The following lists document additions, modifications and deletions to the National Data Repository (NDR) Host and Pest dictionaries that have been implemented in the last three months (August 1, 2024 – October 31, 2021). You can view updates to the NPDN host and pest dictionaries any time by logging into NDR clicking on the Dictionaries tab and selecting Updates from the dropdown menu.
A guideline to understanding data dictionaries in the NDR is available to NPDN members online. NPDN members also have access to an online guideline on how to request new host/pest codes or changes to existing codes. Members must be logged in to access the NDR and the guidelines.
Entries below are listed alphabetically by common name followed by the scientific name appearing in parentheses.
Host Dictionary Updates
New Host Additions
Beardgrass; Bluestem (Bothriochloa sp./spp.)
Bigfruit evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa)
Chinese rubber tree (Eucommia ulmoides)
Desert horse purslane (Trianthema portulacastrum)
Desert Olive (Forestiera pubescens)
Jewelflower (Streptanthus sp.)
Lace Shrub (Stephanandra incisa)
Loulu (Pritchardia remota)
Pompona vanilla (Vanilla pompona)
Rehderodendron (Rehderodendron sp./spp.)
Southeastern prickly pear (Opuntia mesacantha)
Modified Hosts
Aquatic Habitat (Habitat)
Broadleaf Weeds (Mixed species)
Drooping Prickly Pear (Opuntia monacantha)
Erect Prickly Pear (Opuntia stricta)
False Japanese Cleyera (Ternstroemia gymnanthera)
Farm Animal; Livestock (Subphylum Vertebrata )
Industrial Property (Habitat)
Mixed vegetables; mixed fruit (Mixed species)
Mushroom (Unidentified fungus)
Narrowleaf Firethorn (Pyracantha angustifolia)
Not Found On List (Not found on list)
Ponds; Lakes; Impounded Waters (Habitat)
Potting Soil; Growing Media (Habitat)
River; Stream; Creek; Waterway (Habitat)
Sakaki; Japanese Cleyera (Cleyera japonica)
Snapdragon (Antirrhinum sp./spp. hybrids)
Spore Trap Sample (Habitat)
Stock Tank; Stock Water Supply (Habitat)
Swimming Pool Water Systems (Habitat)
Unknown plant (not ID request) (Unidentified species)
Water Sample (Habitat)
Wild Animal (Subphylum Vertebrata )
Wood Flooring (Habitat)
Deleted Hosts*
All Crops (General)
Amphibian Toad Frog Salamander (Class Amphibia)
Diurnal Birds of Prey (Families Accipitridae and Falconidae mixed genera)
Greenhouse Plants (General)
Houseplants; Potted Plants (Houseplants)
Orchid (Cynoches sp./spp.)
Ornamentals; Forest Trees; All (General)
Wetting Agent (General)
Pest Dictionary Updates
New Pest Codes
Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
Asian spongy moth (Lymantria dispar asiatica)
Bacterial gall (Rhizobium sp./spp.)
Bacterial leaf spot (Xanthomonas campestris)
Bacterial soft rot (Pectobacterium aroidearum)
Bark beetle (Dendroterus sp./spp.)
Cane gall; Aerial gall (Rhizobium tumorigenes)
Dryberry mite (Phyllocoptes gracilis)
Eriophyid gall mite (Aceria pallida)
Grass Ensign Scale (Graminorthezia graminis)
Herbicide injury G;12 PDS Inh (Abiotic disorder)
Included bark (Abiotic disorder)
Ivory spongy moth (Lymantria albescens)
Japanese spongy moth (Lymantria dispar japonica)
Leaf blotch, bacterial leaf blight (Pseudomonas cannabina)
Oak rosette gall wasp (Andricus quercusfrondosus)
Shadow spongy moth (Lymantria umbrosa)
Soybean Tentiform Leafminer (Macrosaccus morrisella)
Triticum mosaic (TriMV) (Poacevirus Triticum Mosaic Virus)
Unspecified pathology (Phialophorophoma sp./spp.)
Unspecified Pathology (Rhizobium sp./spp.)
Watermelon crinkle leaf-associated virus (Coguvirus citrulli)
White-Spotted Flower Chafe (Protaetia brevitarsus suelensis)
White-winged spongy moth (Lymantria postalba)
Modified Pest Codes
Amphibians; Toads; Frogs; Salamanders (Subphylum Vertebrata)
Anthracnose (Discula quercina)
Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)
Basswood lace bug (Gargaphia tiliae)
Birds (Subphylum Vertebrata)
Black scavenger caterpillar (Holcocera iceryaeella)
Brown wood borer (Neandra brunnea)
Butterflies; Moths; Caterpillars (Order Lepidoptera)
Covered kernel smut (Sphacelotheca sorghi)
Earthworms (Phylum Annelida)
Fish (Subphylum Vertebrata)
Flighted spongy moth complex (Lymantria albescens)
Flighted spongy moth complex (Lymantria dispar asiatica)
Flighted spongy moth complex (Lymantria dispar japonica)
Flighted spongy moth complex (Lymantria postalba)
Flighted spongy moth complex (Lymantria umbrosa)
Grass Ensign Scale (Graminorthezia graminis)
Mammals (Subphylum Vertebrata)
Millipedes (Class Diplopoda)
Morrill lace bug (Corythucha morrilli)
Northern giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia)
Phytophthora alni species complex (Phytophthora alni species complex)
Prunus lace bug (Corythucha pruni)
Red crown rot (Calonectria ilicicola)
Reptiles: Snakes; Lizards; Turtles (Subphylum Vertebrata)
Striped garden caterpillar (Trichordestra legitima)
Sunscald; Sunburn (Abiotic disorder)
Taproot Decline (Xylaria arbuscula)
Deleted Pest Codes*
Use for ceris testing only (Experiens conpago)
*The NPDN does not delete any data. Deletion means that as of the date of the change, that host or pest code is no longer viable and the choice has been eliminated from the NDR host and/or pest dictionary.
