3558. INSECTS WHICH MAY BE IMPORTED OR SHIPPED INTO OR WITHIN CALIFORNIA WITHOUT A PERMIT.

Section 6305 of the Food and Agricultural Code requires persons to obtain a permit from the director or the United States Department of Agriculture to import into, or ship or transport within, the state live insects except for certain exemptions. One of these exemptions is for beneficial or useful insects of common occurrence in the state. To identify which beneficial insects do not require a permit to import into, or ship or transport within, the state the following lists are provided. However, as with all insect shipments they shall be rejected when the insects are moved in conjunction with host plants or other host organisms when such hosts would normally be rejected if moving independently.

A. Insects for which a permit is not required.

Acmon blue (Plebejus acmon)

Alderflies, dobsonflies (Megaloptera)

Alfalfa butterfly (Colias eurytheme)

Alkali bees (Nomia melanderi)

Almond moth (Cadra cautella)

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

American painted lady (Vanessa virginiensis)

Angelwinged katydid (Microcentrum rhombifolium)

Angoumois grain moth (Sitotroga cerealella)

Anise swallowtail (Papilio zelicaon)

Antlions (Myrmeleontidae)

Argentine ant (Linepithema humile)

Armyworm (Pseudaletia unipunctata)

Backswimmers (Notonectidae)

Beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua)

Black blow fly (Phormia regina)

Black cutworm (Agrotis ipsilon)

Bluebottle fly (Calliphora vicina)

Buckeye butterfly (Precis coenia)

Caddisflies (Trichoptera)

Cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis)

California dogface butterfly (Colias {Zerene} eurydice)

California ringlet (Coenonympha californica)

California sister (Adelpha bredowii)

Carolina mantid (Stagomantis carolina)

Ceanothus silk moth (Hyalophora euryalis)

Chalcedon checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona)

Checkered white (Pieris {Pontia} protodice)

Chinese mantid (Tenodera aridifolia sinensis)

Cigarette beetle (Lasioderma serricorne)

Clodius Parnassian (Parnassius clodius)

Clouded sulfur (Colias pholidice)

Cloudless sulfur (Phoebis sennae)

Codling moth (Cydia pomonella)

Common black field cricket (Gryllus sp.)

Common checkered skipper (Pyygus communis)

Confused flour beetle (Tribolium confusum)

Convergent ladybird beetle (Hippodamia convergens)

Corn earworm (Helicoverpa zea)

Damselflies, dragonflies (Odonata)

Darkling beetles (Eleodes spp.)

Dermestid beetles (Anthrenus flavipes, Anthrenus scrophulariae, Attagenus megatoma)

Diamondback moth (Plutella xylostella)

Diplurans (Diplura)

Dobsonflies (Coryalidae)

Dog flea (Ctenocephalides canis)

Embiids (Embioptera)

European earwig (Forificula auricularia)

European mantid (Mantis religiosa)

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda)

Field cresent (Phyciodes campestris)

Firebrat (Thermobia domestica)

Flesh fly (Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis)

German cockroach (Blatella germanica)

Giant black water beetle (Hydrophilus triangularis)

Giant lacewings (Polystoechotidae)

Giant roach (Blaberus giganteus)

Green lacewing (Chrysopa carnea)

Green peach aphid (Myzus persicae)

Greenbottle flies (Phaenicia sericata, P. pallescens=P. cuprina)

Greenhouse thrips (Heliothrips haemorrhoidalis)

Greenhouse whitefly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum)

Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

Harlequin bug (Murgantia histrionica)

Harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex californicus)

Harvestman (Phalangida)

Hissing cockroach (Gromphadorhina portentosa Gromphadorhina spp.)

House cricket (Acheta domesticus)

House fly (Musca domestica)

Human flea (Pulex irritans)

Imported cabbage butterfly (Artogeia rapae)

Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella)

Iris mantid (Iris oratoria)

Jerusalem crickets (Stenopelmatus spp.)

Large milkweed bug (Oncopeltus fasciatus)

Leaf cutter bees (Megachile rotundata)

Limibatid mantid (Stagomantis limibata)

Little house fly (Fannia canicularis)

Lorquin's admiral (Limenitis {Basilarchia} lorquini)

Mayflies (Ephemeroptera)

Meal moth (Pyralis farinalis)

Mealworms (Tenebrio molitor and T. obscurus)

Mealybug destroyer (Cryptolaemus montrouzieri)

Mediterranean flour moth (Anagasta kuehniella)

Milbert's tortoise shell (Aglais milberti)

Millipedes (Diplopoda)

Mourning cloak butterfly (Nymphalis antiopa)

Mylitta crescent (Phyciodes mylitta)

Naval orangeworm (Amyelois transitella)

Orange dog butterfly (Papilio cresphontes)

Oriental cockroach (Blatta orientalis)

Painted lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui)

Pale swallowtail (Papilio eurymedon)

Pauropods (Pauropoda)

Pine white (Neophasia menapia)

Pipevine swallowtail (Battus philenor)

Polyphemus silkmoth (Antheraea polyphemus)

Pomace fly (Drosophila spp.)

Potato tuberworm (Phthorimaea operculella)

Proturans (Protura)

Psuedoscorpions (Chelonethida)

Queen (Danaus gilippus)

Red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta)

Rock crawlers (Grylloblattodea)

Sara orangetip (Anthocaris sara)

Satyr anglewing (Polygonia satyrus)

Scorpionflies (Mecoptera)

Symphlids (Symphyla)

Silkworm (Bombyx mori)

Silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)

Small milkweed bug (Lygaeus kalmii)

Snakeflies (Raphidoptera)

Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans)

Stag beetles (Lucanidae)

Stoneflies (Plecoptera)

Tenodera mantid (Tenodera augustipennis)
Timemas (Timemidae

Tobacco hornworm (Manduca sexta)

Tomato hornworm (Manduca quinquemaculata)

Twisted wing parasites (Strepsiptera)

Two-tailed swallowtail (Papilio multicaudata)

Velvet ants (Mutillidae)

Walnut husk fly (Rhagoletis completa)

Water boatman (Corixidae)

Water striders (Gerris spp.)

Waterbugs (Belostomatidae)

Wax worm or bee moth (Galleria mellonella)

Webbing clothes moth (Tineola biselliella)

West coast lady (Vanessa annabella)

Western tailed blue (Everes amyntula)

Western tiger swallowtail (Papilio rutulus)

Whip scorpions (Amblypygi, Microthelypohonida, Pedipalpida, and Schizopeltida)

Whirligig beetles (Gyrinidae)

White lined sphinx (Hyles lineata)

Wind scorpions (Solpugida)

Zephyr anglewing (Polygonia zephyrus)

Zorapterans (Zoraptera)

B. Groups of insects for which a permit is not required when the insect species under consideration is of common occurrence in California.

1. Predacious species of beetles of the family Coccinellidae.

2. Predacious species of flies of the family Syrphidae.

3. Predacious species of Neuropterous insects of the family Chrysopidae.

4. Parasitic species of flies of the family Tachinidae.

5. Parasitic species of Hymenopterous insects of the families: Ichneumonidae, Braconidae, Aphelinidae, Chalcididae, Scelionidae, and Trichogrammatidae.

6. Insects that have been introduced and previously released in California for biological control of insect, weed, or other types of pests.