62. French, English and Latin Names of Insects, Diseases and

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62. French, English and Latin Names
of Insects, Diseases and Plants
Encountered in Blueberry Fields
This list presents the species encountered most often in Québec blueberry fields. It is by no means exhaustive. Certain species,
flagged by a number indicating the corresponding leaflet, have been discussed at length because they represent a new,
particular or significant problem in blueberry production. For a more complete list, or for details on species identification,
we suggest that you consult an identification guide.
INSECTS
French Name
English Name
Latin Name
Altise de l’airelle (du bleuet) (33)
Arpenteuse du bleuet (34)
Arpenteuse caténaire
Thrips du bleuet
Cercope de l’airelle (36)
Chenille à houppes blanches
Chrysomèle porte-case du bleuet
Galéruque de l’airelle
Légionnaire noire
Mouche du bleuet (de l’airelle) (35)
Tenthrède du bleuet
Thrips du bleuet
Tisseuse du bleuet (de l’airelle)
Tordeuse du bleuet (lieuse à bandes rouges)
Flea Beetle
Blueberry Spanworm
Chainspotted, Chain-dotted Geometer
Blueberry Thrips
Heath Spittle Bug
Whitemarked Tussock Moth
Blueberry Case Beetle
Blueberry Leaf Beetle
Black Army Cutworm
Blueberry Maggot, Blueberry Fruit Fly
Blueberry Sawfly
Blueberry Thrips
Blueberry Leaftier, Leaf Roller
Red-Stripped Fireworm
Altica sylvia
Macaria andersoni andersoni
Cingilia catenaria
Catinathrips kainos
Clastoptera saintcyri
Orgya leucostigma
Neochlamisus cribripennis
Tricholochmaea vaccinii
Actebia fennica
Rhagoletis mendax
Neopareophora litura
Frankliniella vaccinii
Croesia curvalana
Aroga trialbamaculella
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DISEASES
French Name
English Name
Latin Name (asexual form/sexual form)
Blanc (oïdium) (40)
Brûlure des rameaux
Chancre godronien
Chancre phomopsien
Moisissure grise
Pourriture sclérotique (37)
Rouge
Rouille (du bleuet, des feuilles, de la pruche)
(39)
Rouille-balai de sorcière
Tache ramularienne
Tache septorienne (38)
Tache valdensinéenne (41)
Powdery Mildew
Twig Blight
Godronia Canker
Phomopsis Canker
Botrytis Blight, Blossom, Twig
Mummy Berry
Red Leaf
Leaf Rust
Witches’ Broom Rust
Ramularia Leaf Spot
Septoria Leaf Spot
Valdensinia Leaf Spot
Microsphaera penicillata vaccinii
Aureobasidium pullulans
Fusicocum putrefacien / Godronia cassandrae
Phomopsis vaccinii / Diaporthe vaccinii
Botrytis cinerea / Botryotina fuckeliana
Monilinia vaccinii-corymbosi
Exobasidium vaccinii
Naohidemyces vaccinii (Pucciniastrum vaccinii,
Thekospora minima)
Pucciniastrum goeppertianum
Ramularia effusa
Septoria spp.
Valdensia heterodoxa / Valdensinia heterodoxa
French Name
English Name
Latin Name
Achillée millefeuille
Agrostide scabre (foin fou)
Airelle vigne-d’Ida
Amélanchiers
Apocyn à feuille d’androsème
Aronia (aronie à fruits noirs)
Aulne crispé, aulne rugueux
Bouleau
Carex (46)
Cassandre caliculée
Cerisier de Pennsylvanie
Chénopode blanc (chou gras)
Chèvrefeuille
Chiendent
Clintonie boréale
Comptonie voyageuse (43)
Corydale toujours verte
Danthonie à épi
Diereville chèvrefeuille
Épervière
Épigée rampante
Common Yarrow
Hairgrass, Rough Bentgrass
Mountain Cranberry
Spreading Dogbane
Black Chokeberry
Alder
Birch
Sedge
Leatherleaf
Fire Cherry
Lambsquarter
Honeysuckle
Quackgrass, Couch-Grass
Bluebead, Yellow Clintonia
Sweet Fern
Pale Corydalis
Poverty Oat Grass, Wild Oat-Grass
Bush Honeysuckle
Hawkweeds
Trailing Arbutus, Mayflower
Achillea millefolium
Agrostis scabra
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Amelanchier sp.
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Aronia melanocarpa
Alnus crispa, Alnus rugosa
Betula sp.
Carex sp.
Chamaedaphne calyculata
Prunus pensylvanica
Chenopodium album
Lonicera villosa and canadensis
Agropyron repens
Clintonia borealis
Comptonia peregrine
Corydalis sempervirens
Danthonia spicata
Diervilla lonicera
Hieracium sp.
Epigaea repens
PLANTS
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French Name
English Name
Latin Name
Épilobe à feuilles étroites
Faux houx
Grande fougère (45)
Immortelle
Joncs
Kalmia à feuilles étroites (42)
Laitue du Canada
Lysimaque terrestre
Maïanthème du Canada
Mélampyre linéaire (48)
Mousse à caribou (49)
Onagre bisanuelle
Pâturin
Petite oseille
Peuplier faux-tremble
Pissenlit
Potentille
Prunelle vulgaire
Quatre-temps (44)
Raisin d’ours
Sabot de la vierge
Salsepareille (aralie hispide)
Saule
Scirpe
Spirée à larges feuilles
Thé des bois
Thé du Labrador
Trèfle
Trientale boréale
Verge d’or du Canada
Vergerette du Canada
Vesce jargeau
Violette
Viorne cassinoïde
Fireweed
Mountain-Holly, Wild Holly, Catberry
Bracken Fern
Pearly-Everlasting, Life-Everlasting
Rush
Lambkill, Sheep Laurel
Canada Lettuce
Swamp (Terrestrial) Loosestrife
Wild Lily-of-the-Valley
Cow-wheat
Reindeer Lichens
Yellow Evening Primrose
Blue Grass
Sheep Sorrell, Field Sorrel
Trembling Aspen, Quaking Aspen
Dandelion
Cinquefoil
Selfheal, Heal-All
Bunchberry Dogwood
Bearberry
Pink Lady’s-Slipper
Bristly Sarsaparilla
Willow
Bulrush
Large-Leaved Meadowsweet
Wintergreen
Labrador Tea
Clover
American Starflower
Canada Goldenrod
Canada Fleabane
Tufted Vetch, Cow Vetch
Violet
Whiterod, Wild Raisin, Appalachian Tea
Epilobium angustifolium
Nemopanthus mucronatus
Pteridium aquilinum
Anaphalis margaritacea
Juncus spp.
Kalmia angustifolia
Lactuca canadensis
Lysimachia terrestris
Maianthemum canadense
Melampyrum lineare
Cladina ssp.
Oenothera biennis
Poa spp.
Rumex acetosella
Populus tremuloides
Taraxacum officinale
Potentilla spp.
Prunella vulgaris
Cornus canadensis
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Cypripedium acaule
Aralia hispida
Salix sp.
Scirpus sp.
Spiraea latifolia
Gaultheria procumbens
Ledum groenlandicum
Trifolium spp.
Trientalis borealis subs. borealis
Solidago canadensis
Erigeron canadensis
Vicia cracca
Viola spp.
Viburnum cassinoides
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PROJECT COORDINATION
PUBLISHING
Sophie Gagnon, Agronomist,
Coordinator, Agrinova, Alma
Project
Management
Chantale Ferland, M.Sc., Publishing Project Officer, CRAAQ,
Québec
Lyne Lauzon, Publications Coordinator, CRAAQ, Québec
WRITING
Sophie Gagnon, Agronomist,
Coordinator, Agrinova, Alma
Project
TRANSLATION
Management
Rod Willmot, M.A.
REVISION
LAYOUT AND GRAPHIC DESIGN
Disease
section:
Gérard
Gilbert,
AgronomistPhytopathologist, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries
et de l’Alimentation du Québec, Québec
Sylvie Robitaille, Computer Graphics Technician, CRAAQ,
Québec
Insect section: Michèle Roy, Ph.D., AgronomistEntomologist, Ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et
de l’Alimentation du Québec, Québec
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