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Costa Rica

List of pests:

Coleoptera
Diptera (plant parasitic)
Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha
Hemiptera - Fulgoromorpha
Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking)
Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha
Lepidoptera
Other insect orders (plant/storage pests)
Other pests
Veterinary/medical pests

(Detailed information on all pests, diseases and weeds can be found in the downloadable Excel files)
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Coleoptera:

Carinispa nevermanni
Conoderus rodriguezi
Cosmopolites sordidus
Exophthalmus jekelianus
Hypothenemus hampei
Metamasius hemipterus
Plagiometriona testudinaria
Premnobius cavipennis
Prostephanus truncatus
Rhynchophorus palmarum
Sitophilus linearis
Xyleborus affinis
Xyleborus ferrugineus
Xyleborus vochysiae
Xyleborus volvulus
Xylosandrus crassiusculus
Xylosandrus morigerus

Diptera (plant parasitic):

Anastrepha fraterculus
Anastrepha ludens
Anastrepha obliqua
Bruggmanniella perseae
Ceratitis capitata
Clinodiplosis capsici
Hydrellia wirthi
Pseudonapomyza asiatica

Hemiptera - Cicadomorpha:

Dalbulus maidis
Dorisiana viridis
Erythrogonia sonora
Fidicina pronoe
Graphocephala permagna
Prosapia (genus)
Prosapia simulans
Scaphytopius (genus)

Hemiptera - Fulgoromorpha:

Haplaxius crudus

Hemiptera - Heteroptera (plantsucking):

Ozophora baranowskii
Ozophora maculata

Hemiptera - Sternorrhyncha:

Aleurocanthus woglumi
Aleurodicus dispersus
Aphis citricidus
Aphis craccivora
Aphis gossypii
Aphis helianthi
Aphis illinoisensis
Aphis nerii
Aphis spiraecola
Aulacaspis yasumatsui
Bemisia tabaci
Bemisia tabaci biotype MEAM1
Bemisia tabaci biotype MED
Bemisia tabaci biotype New World
Brachycaudus helichrysi
Brevicoryne brassicae
Chrysomphalus aonidum
Dialeurodes kirkaldyi
Dysmicoccus texensis
Greenidea psidii
Heteropsylla cubana
Heteropsylla fusca
Hysteroneura setariae
Lipaphis pseudobrassicae
Myzus ornatus
Myzus persicae
Paracoccus marginatus
Parasaissetia nigra
Pentalonia nigronervosa
Phenacoccus madeirensis
Phenacoccus parvus
Rhopalosiphum maidis
Trialeurodes vaporariorum
Trioza koebelei
Triozoida limbata
Uroleucon ambrosiae

Lepidoptera:

Acharia hyperoche
Antichloris viridis
Caligo memnon
Ecdytolopha aurantiana
Euclystis (genus)
Hypercompe laeta
Hypsipyla grandella
Lusterala phaseolana
Oiketicus kirbyi
Opsiphanes cassina
Opsiphanes tamarindi
Phthorimaea absoluta
Phthorimaea operculella
Phyllocnistis citrella
Plutella xylostella
Spodoptera frugiperda
Stenoma impressella
Talides sinois
Tecia solanivora

Other insect orders (plant/storage pests):

Acromyrmex octospinosus
Apis mellifera
Arorathrips mexicanus
Atta cephalotes
Atta colombica
Bephratelloides cubensis
Bephratelloides pomorum
Chaetanaphothrips orchidii
Corynothrips stenopterus
Frankliniella cephalica
Frankliniella invasor
Frankliniella occidentalis
Gryllus assimilis
Haplothrips gowdeyi
Leucothrips furcatus
Microcephalothrips abdominalis
Monomorium floricola
Neohydatothrips pseudoannulipes
Paraponera clavata
Paratrechina longicornis
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Selenothrips rubrocinctus
Solenopsis geminata
Sutwanus guajavae
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Thrips florum
Wasmannia auropunctata

Other pests:

Abacarus doctus
Aceria reyesi
Ascosphaera apis
Brevipalpus papayensis
Brevipalpus phoenicis
Steneotarsonemus ananas
Tetranychus urticae
Varroa destructor

Veterinary/medical pests:

Aedes aegypti
Aedes albopictus
Aedes scapularis
Aedes serratus
Aedes stimulans
Aedes taeniorhynchus
Amblyomma auricularium
Amblyomma naponense
Amblyomma oblongoguttatum
Amblyomma ovale
Amblyomma tapirellum
Anopheles albimanus
Anopheles pseudopunctipennis
Anopheles punctimacula
Chrysomya rufifacies
Cimex lectularius
Cochliomyia hominivorax
Culex coronator
Culex erraticus
Culex nigripalpus
Culex pedroi
Culex quinquefasciatus
Culex theobaldi
Deinocerites pseudes
Haemaphysalis juxtakochi
Lutzomyia cruciata
Lutzomyia gomezi
Lutzomyia longipalpis
Lutzomyia pia
Lutzomyia sanguinaria
Lutzomyia serrana
Lutzomyia shannoni
Lutzomyia volcanensis
Lutzomyia ylephiletrix
Lutzomyia youngi
Mansonia titillans
Palpada scutellaris
Panstrongylus geniculatus
Panstrongylus rufotuberculatus
Rhipicephalus microplus
Rhipicephalus sanguineus
Rhodnius pallescens
Rhodnius prolixus
Stomoxys calcitrans
Triatoma dimidiata
Uranotaenia geometrica
Uranotaenia lowii