Texas Invasive Species Institute

Abacarus hystrix - Cereal Rust mite

Acarapis woodi - Honeybee Tracheal Mite

Acridotheres tristis - Common Myna

Adelges funitectus - Hemlock Woolly Adelgid

Aedes albopictus - Asian Tiger mosquito

Aethina tumida - Small Hive Beetle

Agonoscelis puberula - African Cluster Bug

Agrilus planipennis - Emerald Ash Borer

Agrilus prionurus - Soapberry Borer

Ailanthus altissima - Tree-of-Heaven

Albizia julibrissin - Silk Tree / Mimosa

Alhagi maurorum - Camelthorn

Alliaria petiolata - Garlic Mustard

Alternanthera philoxeroides - Alligator weed

Ammotragus lervia - Barbary Sheep

Amphipnous cuchia - Asian Swamp Eel/ Rice Eel

Amynthas spp. - Jumping worms

Anastrepha ludens - Mexican Fruit Fly

Angiostrongylus cantonensis - Eosinophilic Meningitis-causing Nematode

Anguilla anguilla - European eel

Anguillicola crassus - Eel Swimbladder nematode

Anolis sagrei - Brown Anole

Anoplophora glabripennis - Asian Longhorned Beetle

Apis mellifera scutellata - Africanized Honey Bee

Arundo donax - Giant Reed

Asphodelus tenuifolius - Onionweed

Athysanus argentarius - Silver Leafhopper

Aulacaspis yasumatsui - Cycad Aulacaspis Scale

Axis axis - Axis deer

Bactrocera dorsalis - Oriental Fruit Fly

Bagrada hilaris - Bagrada bug

Balclutha rubrostriata - Red-streaked Leafhopper

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis - Chytrid Frog Fungus

Belocaulus angustipes - Black Velvet Leatherleaf slug

Bemisia tabaci - Silverleaf Whitefly

Bipalium kewense - Hammerhead flatworm/ Hammerhead slug

Blatta lateralis - Turkestan Cockroach

Boiga irregularis - Brown Tree Snake

Bothriocephalus acheilognathi - Asian Tapeworm

Bothriochloa ischaemum var. songarica - King Ranch Bluestem

Botrylloides violaceus - Lined Compound Tunicate

Brachymyrmex patagonicus - Rover Ant

Bradybaena similaris - Asian Trampsnail

Brassica tournefortii - Sahara mustard

Brevipalpus californicus - Scarlet Mite/ Omnivorous Flat Mite

Bromus tectorum - Downy Brome / Cheatgrass

Bubulcus ibis - Cattle Egret

Bursaphelenchus cocophilus - Red Ring Nematode

Bythotrephes longimanus - Spiny Water flea

Cactoblastis cactorum - Cactus moth

Callidiellum villosulum - Brown Fir Longhorned Beetle

Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus - Citrus Huanglongbing (HLB)

Candidatus Phytoplasma cynodontis - Sugar Cane White Leaf Disease

Carassius auratus - Wild Goldfish

Carassius carassius - Crucian Carp

Carcinus maenas - European Green Crab

Carduus nutans - Musk Thistle / Nodding Thistle

Carijoa riisei - Snowflake Coral

Casuarina equisetifolia - Australian pine

Cayratia japonica - Bushkiller

Celastrus orbiculatus - Oriental Bittersweet

Cenchrus ciliaris - Buffelgrass

Centaurea calcitrapa - Purple Star Thistle

Centaurea solstitialis - Yellow Starthistle

Centaurea stoebe - Knapweed spp.

Centruroides gracilis - Florida Bark Scorpion

Cepaea hortensis - White-Lipped Grove Snail

Ceratocystis fagacearum - Oak Wilt

Cervus nippon - Sika Deer

Channa argus - Northern Snakehead

Cimex lectularius - Bed Bug

Cipangopaludina chinensis malleata - Chinese Mystery Snail

Cirsium arvense - Canada thistle

Citrus Tristeza Closterovirus - CTV / Citrus Quick Decline Virus

Clarias batrachus - Walking Catfish

Columba livia - Rock Pigeon

Commelina benghalensis - Tropical Spiderwort

Convolvulus arvensis - Field Bindweed / Creeping Jenny

Coptotermes formosanus - Formosan subterranean termite

Corbicula fluminea - Asian clam

Coridromius chenopoderis - Coridromius chenopoderis

Cornu aspersum - Brown Garden Snail

Cricetomys gambianus - Gambian Rat

Cronartium ribicola - White-Pine Blister Rust

Cryphonectria parasitica - Chestnut Blight

Ctenopharyngodon idella - Grass carp

Cuscuta japonica - Japanese Dodder

Cydia pomonella - Codling Moth

Cygnus olor - Mute Swan

Cynodon dactylon - Bermudagrass

Cynoglossum officinale - Houndstongue

Cyperus entrerianus - Deep-rooted Sedge

Cyprinodon variegatus - Sheepshead Minnow

Cyprinus carpio - Common Carp

Deroceras laeve - Marsh Slug

Diaphorina citri - Asian Citrus Psyllid

Diaprepes abbreviatus - Citrus Root Weevil

Didemnum vexillum - Colonial Tunicate / Sea Squirt

Diestrammena asynamora - Greenhouse Camel Cricket

Dioscorea bulbifera - Air Potato

Dipsacus fullonum - Common teasel

Ditylenchus dipsaci - Alfalfa Stem and Root Nematode/ Garlic Bloat Nematode

Diuraphis noxia - Russian Wheat Aphid

Dreissena bugensis - Quagga Mussel

Dreissena polymorpha - Zebra Mussel

Drosophila suzukii - Spotted Wing Drosophila

Echium vulgare - Blueweed

Egeria densa - Brazilian waterweed

Eichhornia azurea - Anchored water hyacinth

Eichhornia crassipes - Common Water Hyacinth

Elaeagnus angustifolia - Russian Olive

Elaeagnus umbellata - Autumn Olive

Eleutherodactylus coqui - Coqui Frog

Elymus repens - Quackgrass

Eobania vermiculata - Chocolate-band Snail

Epiphyas postvittana - Light Brown Apple Moth

Eriocheir sinensis - Chinese Mitten Crab

Eudocima phalonia - Fruit piercing moth

Euglandina rosea - Rosy Wolfsnail

Euonymus fortunei - Winter Creeper

Euphorbia esula - Leafy Spurge

Eupteryx melissae - Sage leafhopper

Forficula auricularia - European Earwig

Gambusia geiseri - Largespring gambusia

Geomyces destructans - White Nose Syndrome

Geosmithia morbida - Thousand Canker Disease

Globodera rostochiensis - Golden Nematode

Grapholita molesta - Oriental Fruit Moth

Gymnocephalus cernua - Eurasian Ruffe

Halyomorpha halys - Brown marmorated stink bug

Hedera helix - English Ivy

Hemidactylus frenatus - Common House Gecko

Hemidactylus turcicus - Mediterranean House Gecko

Hemigrapsus sanguineus - Asian shore crab

Heracleum mantegazzianum - Giant Hogweed

Herpestes javanicus - Small Indian Mongoose

Heterodera glycines - Soybean Cyst Nematode

Heteropoda venatoria - Huntsman Spider

Hydrilla verticillata - Hydrilla

Hypophthalmichthys molitrix - Silver Carp

Hypophthalmichthys nobilis - Bighead Carp

Hypostomus plecostomus and Pterygoplichthys anisitsi - Armored Catfishes

Iguana iguana - Green Iguana

Imperata cylindrica - Cogongrass

Ipomoea aquatica - Swamp Morning-glory

Lantana camara - Lantana

Latrodectus geometricus - Brown Widow

Lepidium draba - Whitetop / Hoary Cress

Lepomis auritus - Redbreast Sunfish

Leucaena leucocephala - Popinac

Ligustrum japonicum - Waxleaf Privet

Ligustrum sinense - Chinese Privet

Limax flavus - Yellow Garden Slug

Limax maximus - Giant Garden Slug

Linaria dalmatica - Dalmatian toadflax

Linaria vulgaris - Yellow Toadflax

Linepithema humile - Argentine Ant

Lissachatina fulica - Giant East Africa Snail

Lobesia botrana - European Grapevine Moth

Lonicera japonica - Japanese Honeysuckle

Lonicera maakii - Amur Honeysuckle

Lycorma delicatula - Spotted Lanternfly

Lygodium japonicum - Japanese Climbing Fern

Lygodium microphyllum - Old World climbing fern

Lymantria dispar - Spongy Moth

Lythrum Salicaria - Purple Loosestrife

Maconellicoccus hirsutus - Pink Hibiscus Mealybug

Mantis religiosa - European Mantis

Marisa cornuarietis - Giant Ramshorn Snail

Mayetiola destructor - Hessian Fly

Megabalanus coccopoma - Titan Acorn Barnacle

Megacopta cribraria - Bean Plataspid, Kudzu Bug

Melaleuca quinquenervia - Bottle Brush Tree (Paperback Tea Trees)

Melanaphis sacchari - Sugarcane Aphid

Melanoides tuberculata - Red-rim Melania

Melia azedarach - Chinaberry Tree

Membranipora membranacea - Lacy Crust Bryozoan / Kelp Sea Mat

Micropterus dolomieu - Smallmouth Bass

Microstegium vimineum - Japanese Stiltgrass

Monomorium pharaonis - Pharaoh ant

Musculista senhousia - Asian Bag Mussel

Myiopsitta monachus - Monk Parrots

Mylopharyngodon piceus - Black Carp

Myocastor coypus - Nutria

Myriophyllum aquaticum - Parrotfeather milfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum - Eurasian watermilfoil

Myxobolus cerebralis - Whirling Disease

Nandina domestica - Sacred Bamboo

Nectria coccinea var. faginata and N. galligena - Beech bark disease complex

Neoaliturus tenellus - Beet Leafhopper

Neogobius melanostomus - Round Goby

Novirhabdovirus sp. - Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia (VHS)

Nylanderia fulva - Tawny Crazy Ant, Rasberry Crazy Ant

Oligotoma nigra - Black Webspinner

Onopordum acanthium - Scotch Thistle

Operophtera brumata - Winter moth

Ophiognomonia clavigignenti-juglandacearum - Butternut canker

Ophiostoma ulmi - Dutch elm disease

Ophiothela mirabilis - Invasive Brittle Star

Orconectes rusticus - Rusty Crayfish

Oreochromis aureus - Blue Tilapia

Orobanche ramosa - Hemp broomrape

Oryctes rhinoceros - Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle

Oryctolagus cuniculus - European Rabbit

Osteopilus septentrionalis - Cuban Treefrog

Otala lactea - Milk Snail

Panchlora nivea - Green Banana Cockroach / Cuban Cockroack

Panicum repens - Torpedograss

Paratrechina longicornis - Black Crazy Ant

Passer domesticus - Common Sparrow

Paulownia tomentosa - Princess Tree / Empress Tree

Pectinophora gossypiella - Pink bollworm

Peganum harmala - African Rue

Penaeus monodon - Giant Tiger Prawn

Perilla frutescens - Beefsteakplant

Perkinsiella saccharicida - Sugarcane Planthopper

Perna perna - Brown Mussel

Perna viridis - Asian Green Mussel/Green-lipped Mussel

Petrolisthes armatus - Green Porcelain Crab

Petromyzon marinus - Sea Lamprey

Phaedon desotonis - Coreopsis Leaf Beetle

Phakopsora pachyrhizi - Soybean Rust

Phragmites australis - Common Reed

Phyllocnistis citrella - Citrus leafminer

Phyllorhiza punctata - Australian Spotted Jellyfish

Phyllostachys aurea - Golden Bamboo

Phytophthora capsici - Blight of Peppers

Phytophthora infestans - Late Blight of Potatoes and Tomatoes

Phytophthora ramorum - Sudden Oak Death

Pieris rapae - Cabbage White, Small Cabbage White

Piezodorus guildinii - Red Banded Stink Bug

Pistia stratiotes - Water Lettuce

Platydemus manokwari - New Guinea Flatworm

Polistes dominula - European Paper Wasp

Pomacea maculata - Apple Snail

Pomovirus sp. - Potato Mop-Top Virus (PMTV)

Poncirus trifoliata - Trifoliate Orange / Hardy Orange

Popillia japonica - Japanese beetle

Populus alba - Alamo Blanco

Potamogeton crispus - Curly Pondweed

Potamopyrgus antipodarum - New Zealand mudsnail

Pseudocneorhinus bifasciatus - Twobanded Japanese Weevil

Pseudodactylogyrus bini - Monogenean gill worms

Psidium cattleianum - Strawberry Guava

Pterois volitans - Red Lionfish

Pueraria montana var. lobata - Kudzu

Python sp. - Burmese & African Rock Pythons

Raffaelea lauricola - Laurel Wilt

Ranunculus ficaria - Fig Buttercup / Lesser Celandine

Rapistrum rugosum - Bastard cabbage

Rattus norvegicus - Norway rat

Rhamnus cathartica - Common buckthorn

Rhaponticum repens - Russian Knapweed

Rhipicephalus sanguineus - Brown Dog Tick

Rhynchophorus palmarum - South American Palm Weevil

Rosa multiflora - Multiflora Rose / Rambler Rose

Rottboellia cochinchinensis - Itchgrass

Rumina decollata - Decollate Snail

Salmo trutta - Brown Trout

Salsola tragus - Russian Thistle

Salvinia minima - Water spangles

Salvinia molesta - Giant Salvinia

Scapteriscus borellii - Southern Mole Cricket

Schefflera actinophylla - Octopus tree

Schinus terebinthifolius - Brazilian pepper-tree

Scirtothrips dorsalis - Chilli Thrip

Scolytus schevyrewi - Banded Elm Bark Beetle

Siphanta acuta - Torpedo Bug

Sirex noctilio - Sirex Woodwasp

Sitona lineatus - Pea Leaf Weevil

Solanum viarum - Tropical Soda Apple

Solenopsis invicta - Red Imported Fire Ant

Solenopsis richteri - Black Imported Fire Ant (BIFA)

Sophonia orientalis - Two-spotted leafhopper

Sorghum halepense - Johnsongrass

Spartocera batatas - Giant Sweetpotato Bug

Streptopelia decaocto - Eurasian Collared Dove

Sturnus vulgaris - European Starling

Sus scrofa - Feral Pig

Tamarix spp. - Saltcedar Tree

Tapinoma melanocephalum - Ghost Ant

Tarebia granifera - Quilted Melania

Teredo navalis - Naval Shipworm

Tilapia mariae - Spotted Tilapia

Tilletia indica - Karnal Bunt

Tomicus piniperda - Common pine shoot beetle

Toxoptera citricida - Brown Citrus Aphid

Trapa natans - European water chestnut

Triadica sebifera - Chinese Tallow

Trogoderma granarium - Khapra Beetle

Varanus niloticus - Nile Monitor

Varroa destructor - Varroa Mite

Velarifictorus micado - Japanese Burrowing Cricket

Vernicia fordii - Tungoil tree

Wisteria sinensis - Chinese Wisteria

Xanthogaleruca luteola - Elm Leaf Beetle

Xanthomonas citri citri - Citrus Canker

Xenopus laevis - African Clawed Frog (The Common Platanna)

Xyleborus glabratus - Redbay Ambrosia beetle

Xylosandrus crassiusculus - Granulate Ambrosia Beetle

Zaprionus indianus - Fig Fruit Fly/ African Fig Fly