This insect is more generally known as the bo)(elder bug. In ad- .... Entomology lQboratol"Y. Insect Identification and Beneficial. I n~ e c t ...... Boxelder twig borer.
EPA LIST OF I NSECTS Atm OTH ER ORGANISMS (~i cr of i ch. ed i t io n l {For Use Wi th thtl EPA Index t o Prls ti c i d. Cht'mic.ls : Thei l'" Us es ond U~i ht i on s. Ilnd on Pn ti ci de LDba ! i ng ) Apr; 1. 1953
Pr f'pllr-tid by Dougills W. S . Su the r- I llnd. Ento mologi st An i~1l 1 Sc i f'nc es 1 I nde x Br-Ilnch ond
O. v;d W. Br-••sll r-d , Ent omol ogi st Index Sec t i on Denefi t s 1 Fi eld Stud ies Divi sion
I ndex Sec tion Animll! Sci enc es & IndQl< Dr-Ilnck Bentlf i ts & Fi e ld Studies Div i s ion Off i ctl o f P. st i c i de Pr-ogr ams U.S . Envir-onmp.n tll ! Pr-ot ecti on Agency Was h ington. O. C.
The i ncr e~si ng need to c or rel~ te and defi ne t he ins ect n~mes us ed on pe s t i cide l ~ b e l i n g ~nd thos e in the "EPA Index t o Pes ti cide Chel'lic ~ ls: Their Us es ~nd Li mi ta t ions" has prompted the I ndex Sec t i on . BFSO ( f or merl y the Sc i enti f i c Support Sec t i on. TSO). to prov ide .. cros s-i ndexed l ist of "common" and sc ient i fic names of ins ec t s ~ nd othe r o r g ~ni s ms fo r us e with t he "Index . " This work i ng documen t w ~ s compiled pri m~ril y t o as si st r egi st r ants with names of or gOlni s ms us ed on pes ti cide l abel i ng. The names were de r i ved f r om a var ie ty o f s ources and some are used in very li mited geograph i c a reas or by speci fi c commodit y- ori ent ed gr oups. There i s no i nt ent . t her efore. t o i mpart vali d ity to t he common name!; i ncluded . but onl y to de f i ne t hem . s they ar e to be us ed on pesti c i de l a be li ng. The document wi 11 be s ubj ect t o per i odi c change t hr ough publi shed li sts of addi t ions and changes. r e lease of replacement pages or comprehensi ve r evi s i ons as deemed necessary_ It s hould be unders t ood t ha t t he use of any of these names on l abe li ng m~l!ii t be associated with app ropri ate hosts or sites of inf es tat i on and be supported by adequate da ta relati ve t o clai ms . The us e o f common names f or p lants and an i mals has always pla gued s c ient ists and others interes t ed in t hei r prec ise ident i f i ca t i on . Common names f r equent l y have li mited ge ograph i ca l use. As an e)(amp le, you will f i nd that i n parts of t he wes t ern United Stat es "fi r efly" r efer s t o t he black and r ed hemipterlln, l ept ocor is t r i v it h tlls (Say ). Thi s insec t
is more genera l ly known as the bo)(elder bug. In addit i on , t he nMe " fi refly " i s widdy us ed for beetles in the fami ly l ~ mpy ri d \t nbbr ty il'lt \!! (linn1 oturus Oldsperslls LeConte Smi c ronYK fulvus LeConte S.." icronyx s or didu
