Pest Families

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Animal Kingdom

Phylum	Class	Order	Family	Common Name
Chordata	Mammalia	Rodentia	Muridae	Mice
			Muridae	Rats
			Sciuridae	Squirrels
			Cricetidae	Voles
		Soricomorpha	Talpidae	Moles
		Soricomorpha	Soricidae	Shrews
		Lagamorpha	Leporidae	Rabbits & Hares
		Chiroptera		Bats
		Carnivora	Canidae	Foxes
			Mephitidae	Skunks
			Mustelidae	Weasels
				Badgers
				Martens
	Infraclass Marsupialia	Diprotodontia	Phalangeridae	Possum
	Sauropsida	Squamata	Bavarisauridae	Lizards
	Sauropsida		Eichstaettisauridae	Lizards
	Reptilia		Elapidae	Black Mamba
				Egyptian Cobra
				Green Mamba
				Rinkhals
				Snout Nosed Cobra
			Viperidae	Puff Adder
				Night Adder
				Twig Snake
				Gaboon Viper
			Colubridae	Boomslangs
			Colubridae	Egg Eating Snakes
			Pythonidae	African Rock Python
	Aves	Columbiformes	Columbidae	Pigeon
		Columbiformes	Columbidae	Collared Dove
		Charadiformes	Laridae	Gulls
		Passeriformes	Passeridae	Sparrows
		Passeriformes	Sturnidae	Starlings
Arthropoda	Insecta	Hymenoptera	Formicidae	Ants
			Apidae	Honey Bee
			Vespidae	Wasps
		Isoptera		Termites
		Blattodea	Blattellidae	German cockroach
				Brown banded cockroach
				Asian cockroach
				Dusky cockroach
			Blattidae	American cockroach
			Blattidae	Oriental (lesser) cockroach
		Hemiptera	Cimicidae	Bedbugs
		Hemiptera	Aleyrodidae	White Fly
		Siphonaptera		Fleas
		Diptera	Culicidae	Mosquitoes
			Muscidae	Housefly
			Muscidae	Autumn Fly
			Calliphoridae	Bluebottle
			Calliphoridae	Cluster Fly
			Drosophilidae	Fruit Fly
			Drosophilidae	Vinegar Fly
			Psychodidae	Filter Fly
				Moth Fly
				Sand Fly
			Tabanidae	Crane Fly
			Tipulidae	Crane Fly
			Chloropidae	Yellow Swarming Fly
			Fanniidae	Lesser House Fly
		Thysanura	Lepismatidae	Silverfish
		Thysanura	Lepismatidae	Firebrats
		Dermaptera		Earwigs
		Orthoptera	Gryllidae	Crickets
		Phthiraptera	Pediculidae	Head Louse
		Lepidoptera		Moths
		Neuroptera		Lacewings
		Coleoptera	Anobiidae	Spider Beetles
				Cigarette Beetle
				Biscuit Beetle
				Common Furniture Beetle
				Death Watch Beetle
				Bark Borer
			Oedemeridae	Wharf Borer
			Cerambycidae	House Longhorn Beetle
			Bostrichidae	Powder Post Beetle
				Lesser Grain Borer
				Bamboo Weevil
				Grain Borer
			Curculionidae	Bark Beetle
				Rice Weevil
				Grain Weevil
				Vine Weevil
				Maize Weevil
				Cowpea Weevil
			Chrysomelidae	Cowpea Weevil
			Chrysomelidae	Four Spotted Bean Weevil
			Scarabaeidae	Cockchafer
			Dermestidae	Varied Carpet Beetle
				Khapra Beetle
				Khapra Beetle
				Fur Beetle
				Leather Beetle
			Silvanidae	Saw Toothed Grain Beetle
			Silvanidae	Rove Beetles
			Staphylinidae	Rove Beetles
			Tenebrionidae	Broadhorned Flour Beetle
Confused Flour Beetle
Rust Red Flour Beetle
Lesser Mealworm Beetle
Yellow Mealworm Beetle
Laemophloeidae	Flat Grain Beetles
Cleridae	Copra Beetle
Cleridae	Steely Blue Beetle
Cryptophagidae	Fungus Beetle
Latridiidae	Plaster Beetle
Carabidae	Ground Beetles
Psocoptera		Booklice
Entognatha	Collembola		Springtails
Diplopoda			Millipedes
Chilopoda			Centipedes
Malacostraca Sub Phylum: Crustacea	Isopoda		Woodlice
Arachnid	Scorpiones		Scorpions
	Acarina		Mites & Ticks
	Araneae		Spiders