Western Australian Organism List

The Western Australian Organism List (WAOL) database allows you to search for organisms declared under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007 (BAM Act). It is not a complete list of all organisms in Western Australia or their attributes. Use the database to find the legal status of organisms, control requirements, declared pest species and more.

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  • Anoplognathus hirsutus Burmeister, 1844 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonyms: Anoplognathus explanatus Arrow, 1901, Anoplognathus hirsutus quadraticeps Ohaus, 1904. Common name: Christmas beetle.

  • Anoplognathus olivieri (Dalman, 1817) 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonyms: Anoplognathus duponti Boisduval, 1835, Anoplognathus impressus Boisduval, 1835, Rutela olivieri Dalman, 1817. Common name: Christmas beetle.

  • Anoplognathus porosus (Dalman, 1817) 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonyms: Anoplognathus inustus Kirby, 1818, Anoplognathus luridus Arrow, 1901, Anoplognathus pectoralis Burmeister, 1844, Rutela porosa Dalman, 1817.

  • Anoplognathus punctulatus punctulatus Olliff, 1890 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonym: Anoplognathus punctulatus Olliff, 1890.

  • Anoplophora chinensis (Forster, 1771) 
    Family: Cerambycidae

    Synonyms: Anoplophora chinensis chinensis Vitali, 2010, Calloplophora abbreviata Thomson, 1865, Calloplophora afflicta Thomson, 1865, Calloplophora luctuosa Thomson, 1865, Calloplophora sepulcralis Thomson, 1865, Cerambyx chinensis Forster, 1771, Cerambyx farinosus Houttuyn, 1766, Cerambyx pulchricornis.... Common names: white-spotted longicorn beetle, mulberry white spotted longicorn, citrus root cerambycid, citrus longhorned beetle, citrus longhorn beetle, black and white citrus longhorn.

  • Anoplophora glabripennis (Motschulsky, 1854) 
    Family: Cerambycidae

    Synonyms: Anoplophora (Anoplophora) glabripennis Breuning, 1944, Anoplophora (Anoplophora) glabripennis Breuning, 1961, Anoplophora lævigator Thomson, 1860, Anoplophora nobilis Xu & Neng, 2007, Cerosterna glabripennis Motschulsky, 1854, Cerosterna glabripennis Motschulsky, 1860, Cerosterna glabripennis.... Common name: Asian longicorn beetle.

  • Anoplophora macularia (Thomson, 1865) 
    Family: Cerambycidae

    Synonyms: Anoplophora macularia Lingafelter & Hoebeke, 2002, Calloplophora macularia Thomson, 1865, Melanauster chinensis macularia Bates, 1873, Melanauster macularius Kolbe, 1886.

  • Anoplophora malasiaca (Thomson, 1865) 
    Family: Cerambycidae

    Synonyms: Anoplophora malasica Niisato, 1994, Calloplophora malasiaca Thomson, 1865, Melananster perroudi Pic, 1953. Common name: white-spotted longicorn beetle.

  • Anoxia (Anoxia) villosa (Fabricius, 1781) 
    Family: Bostrichidae

    Synonym: Melolontha villosa Fabricius, 1781.

  • Anthaxia dimidiata (Thunberg, 1789) 
    Family: Buprestidae

    Synonyms: Anthaxia mallorcana Obenberger, 1938, Anthaxia saliceti (Illiger, 1803), Buprestis dimidiata Thunberg, 1789, Buprestis saliceti Illiger, 1803.

  • Anthonomus bisignifer Schenkling & Marshall, 1934 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common names: strawberry flower wevil, Strawberry weevil.

  • Anthonomus eugenii Cano, 1894 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common name: weevil.

  • Anthonomus grandis Boheman, 1834 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common name: Boll weevil.

  • Anthonomus pomorum (Linneaus, 1758) 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Synonyms: Anthonomus obsoletus Desbrochers, 1892, Anthonomus rubromaculatus Desbrochers, 1895, Curculio pemorum Forster, 1770, Curculio pomorum Linnaeus, 1758, Dorytomus pomorum (Linnaeus, 1758), Rhynchaenus pomorum (Linnaeus, 1758). Common names: Pear flower bud weevil, Apple weevil, Apple blossom weevil.

  • Anthonomus pyri Kollar, 1837 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common names: Pear bud weevil, Apple bud weewil.

  • Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say, 1831 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Synonyms: Tachypterellus consors cerasi List, Tachypterellus quadrigibbus Fall & Cockerell . Common names: large apple curculio, Western curculio, Apple curculio.

  • Anthonomus scutellaris LeConte, 1858 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common name: Plum gouger.

  • Anthonomus signatus Say, 1831 
    Family: Curculionidae

    Common names: strawberry bud wevil, Strawberry weevil.

  • Anthrenus (Anthrenus) scrophulariae scrophulariae (Linnaeus, 1758) 
    Family: Dermestidae

    Synonyms: Anthrenus histrio Fabricius, 1792, Anthrenus insulicola Obenberger, 1917, Anthrenus scrophulariae rubricollis Sahlberg 1913, Anthrenus scrophulariae suecicus Palm, 1940, Anthrenus verbasci Herbst, 1797, Dermestes scrophulariae Linnaeus, 1758, Dermestes variegatus Scopoli, 1763.

  • Antitrogus mussoni (Blackburn, 1892) 
    Family: Scarabaeidae

    Synonyms: Rhopaea dubitans Blackburn, 1911, Rhopaea mussoni Blackburn, 1892. Common name: Nambour cane grub.

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BAM Act Definitions

Legal status

Each listed organism is declared under the Biosecurity Management act with certain legal requirements:

Declared Pest, Prohibited - s12

Prohibited organisms are declared pests by virtue of section 22(1), and may only be imported and kept subject to permits. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Permitted - s11

Permitted organisms must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported. They may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms.

Declared Pest - s22(2)

Declared pests must satisfy any applicable import requirements when imported, and may be subject to an import permit if they are potential carriers of high-risk organisms. They may also be subject to control and keeping requirements once within Western Australia.

Permitted, Requires Permit - r73

Regulation 73 permitted organisms may only be imported subject to an import permit. These organisms may be subject to restriction under legislation other than the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Act 2007. Permit conditions applicable to some species may only be appropriate or available to research organisations or similarly secure institutions.

Unlisted - s14

If you are considering importing an unlisted organism/s you will need to submit the name/s for assessment, as unlisted organisms are automatically prohibited entry into WA.

Control categories

Declared pests can be assigned to a C1, C2 or C3 control category under the Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013. Prohibited organisms can be assigned to a C1 or C2 control category, the control categories are:

C1 Exclusion

Organisms which should be excluded from part or all of Western Australia.

C2 Eradication

Organisms which should be eradicated from part or all of Western Australia.

C3 Management

Organisms that should have some form of management applied that will alleviate the harmful impact of the organism, reduce the numbers or distribution of the organism or prevent or contain the spread of the organism.

Unassigned

Unassigned: Declared pests that are recognised as having a harmful impact under certain circumstances, where their subsequent control requirements are determined by a Plan or other legislative arrangements under the Act.

Keeping categories

The Biosecurity and Agriculture Management Regulations 2013 (BAM Regs) specify prohibited and restricted keeping categories for the purposes of regulating organisms declared under the BAM Act. In regards to the purposes for which they can be kept, and the entities that can keep them for that purpose. A keeping permit is the administrative tool used to assign specific conditions to the keeping of an organism.

Prohibited keeping

Can only be kept under a permit for public display and education purposes, and/or genuine scientific research, by entities approved by the state authority.

Restricted keeping

Organisms which, relative to other species, have a low risk of becoming a problem for the environment, primary industry or public safety and can be kept under a permit by private individuals.

Exempt keeping

No permit or conditions are required for keeping. There may be other requirements under BAMA such as those required for entry of livestock, pigeons and doves, or waybill requirements for stock movement. An organism in the exempt keeping category may also be regulated by other legislation such as the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950 (WCA), administered by DPaW.

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If the species you are interested in is not listed on WAOL you may request to have it assessed. Please contact the Pest and Disease Information Service (PaDIS) on (08) 9368 3080 or email padis@dpird.wa.gov.au, and they will transfer you to the relevant person.