Mississippi Entomological Museum Screening Center
What is the Mississippi Entomological Museum Screening Center?
We are a no-cost screening center organized by the Mississippi Entomological Museum (MEM) at Mississippi State University and funded by USDA APHIS through the USDA Farm Bill. The screening center was established to provide taxonomic services to eastern states coordinating with the Raleigh Hub. These services are designed to speed up the identification of possible exotic species.
Services provided by the MEM Screening Center
The screening center receives samples from state run CAPS programs and Federal Trapping Programs. We sort and screen all samples sent to us, with samples going through several stages of sorting and screening to ensure accurate identification. The entire process aims for a two week turnaround time. Annual, semi annual, and monthly reports are provided as requested. Screening services include the following survey groups: lepidpoteran, bark beetles, emerald ash borer, kaphra beetle, and fire ants.
The MEM Screening Center provides No-cost services
We receive funding through the USDA - APHIS Farm Bill, so the cost of sorting and screening any and all samples is already paid
Screening Center Personnel
JoVonn Hill, jgh4@entomology.msstate.edu - Assistant Research Professor and Director of the Mississippi Entomological Musuem
Jennifer Seltzer, jls30@entomology.msstate.edu, Research Program ManagerI
Deczynski, Anthony, amd1074@msstate.edu, Research Associate I
LIst of Species the MEM currently screens for
Exotic Bark Beetles
- Agrilus auroguttatus (Goldspotted oak borer)
- Agrilus biguttatus (Oak splendour beetle)
- Agrilus planipennis (Emerald ash borer)
- Anoplophora chinensis (Citrus longhorned beetle)
- Chlorophorus annularis (Bamboo borer)
- Chlorophorus strobilicola (Slender-banded pine cone longhorn beetle)
- Dendroctonus micans (Great spruce bark beetle)
- Ips sexdentatus (Six-toothed bark beetle)
- Ips typographus (European spruce bark beetle)
- Megaplatypus mutatus (No common name, an ambrosia beetle)
- Monochamus alternatus (Japanese pine sawyer)
- Monochamus Saltuarius (Sakhalin pine sawyer)
- Monochamus sutor (Small white-marmorated longhorned beetle)
- Orthotomicus erosus (Mediterraneran pine engraver)
- Pityogenes chalcographus (Sixtoothed spruce bark beetle)
- Platypus quercivorus (Oak ambrosia beetle)
- Scolytus intricatus (European oak bark beetle)
- Tetropium castaneum (Black spruce beetle)
- Tetropium fuscum (Brown spruce longhorned beetle)
- Tomicus destruens (No common name, a pine shoot beetle)
- Tomicus minor (Lesser pine shoot beetle)
- Tomicus piniperda (Pine shoot beetle)
- Trichoferus campestris (Velvet longhorned beetle)
- Trypodendron domesticum (European hardwood ambrosia beetle)
- Xyleborus glabratus (Redbay ambrosia beetle)
Other beetles
- Aeolesthes sarta (City longhorned beetle)
- Anthonomus grandis (Boll weevil)
- Chilo suppressalis (Asiatic rice borer)
- Diabrotica speciosa (Cucurbit beetle)
- Massicus raddei (Mountain oak longhorned beetle)
- Trogoderma granarium (Khapra beetle)
Hymenoptera
- Sirex noctilio (Sirex woodwasp)
- Solenopsis invicta (Imported fire ant)
- Tremex fuscicornis (Tremex woodwasp)
Lepidoptera
- Adoxophyes orana (Summer fruit tortrix moth)
- Archips xylosteanus (Variegated golden tortrix)
- Autographa gamma (Silver Y moth)
- Chrysodeixis chalcites (Golden twin spot moth)
- Enarmonia formosana (Cherry bark tortrix)
- Epiphyas postvittana (Ligh brown apple moth)
- Grapholiata funebrana (Plum fruit moth)
- Helicoverpa armigera (Old world bollworm)
- Lobesia botrana (European grape vine moth)
- Lymantria dispar (Gypsy moth)
- Lymantria mathura (Rosy moth)
- Spodoptera littoralis (Egyptian cottonworm)
- Spodoptera litura (Cotton cutworm)
- Thaumatotibia leucotreta (False codling moth)
- Thaumetopoea processionea (Oak processionary moth)
- Tortrix viridana (Green oak tortrix)
- Tuta absoluta (Tomato leaf miner)
