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A CINNABAR MOTH ( Tyria .jacobaeae ) - WASHINGTON - Moth flight heavy; eggs on 

 tansy ragwort in Clark County. (Shanks). 



FEDERAL AND STATE PLANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS 



CEREAL LEAF BEETLE ( Oulema melanopus ) - OHIO - Leaf damage ranged 0-70 percent 

 in Lorain County with 87 percent of plants sampled showing damage; varied between 

 0-30 percent in Ashtabula County, with about 16 percent of oat plants sampled 

 showing damage; ranged from 0-70 percent in Trumbull County, with about 25.5 

 percent of plants sampled showing leaf damage, 1 to 5 percent of plants sampled 

 in Geauga County showing damage. (Andress, Pratt). 



CITRUS BLACKFLY ( Aleurocanthus woglumi ) - MEXICO - All infestation at Matamoros, 

 Tamaulipas, received third treatment. Mortality checks indicate all infestations 

 eliminated as of July 8. Seventeen infested citrus trees found in northwestern 

 portion of Reynosa ; some within 200 feet of U.S. -Mexico border. Surveys in U.S. 

 adjacent to new finds increased. (PPD) . 



GOLDEN NEMATODE ( Heterodera ros tochiensis ) - NEW YORK - Spring phase of survey 



in Steuben County and surrounding areas completed July 2-8 all samples negative. 



No viable cysts found in upstate since October 1968, except on research farm. 

 (PPD) . 



GRASSHOPPERS - NEVADA - Mel_anpplus sanguinipes . Mostly adults but in several 

 areas all instars^ infesting 5,000-6,000 acres of alfalfa hay and alfalfa hay 

 with grain cover crop in Hualapai Valley, Washoe County. Ranged 3-30 

 (averaged 10-16) per square yard. (Bechtel, Martinelli) .OKLAHOMA - Large area of 

 rangeland in Ellis County controlled. Grasshoppers ranged 10-15 per square yard. 

 Averaged 5 per square yard in Major and Woods Counties. Dominant species 

 Ageneote t tix deorum, Amphi tornus coloradus , Melanoplus spp. , Mermeria sp. , and 

 Hesperotettix speciosus . Scattered moderate to heavy infestations in rangeland, 

 Ber-nuda grass pastures, crop margins, and home gardens from all areas of State. 

 (Okla. Coop. Sur.). KANSAS - Treatment applied in corn and sorghum in Douglas 

 and Washington Counties. Some treating on rangeland in Comanche County. (Bell). 

 NORTH DAKOTA - Damage evident in southeast Cass County. Portions of barley and 

 wheatfields with up to 90 percent of leaves stripped. Up to 8 per square yard in 

 fields; up to 60 per square yard in margins. Melanoplus bivi t ta tus dominant 

 species. Adults present and mating. (BrandvikT"! IDAHO - Total of 100,800 acres 

 treated during June. Additional treatments planned . (Evans) . 



A GRASS BUG ( Irbisi a pacifica) - NEVADA - Heavy and damaging to 10,000 acres of 

 crested wheatgrass in Pine Valley, Eureka County, and at Jiggs, Elko County. Leaf 

 damage severe and potential for severe seed loss throughout entire acreage. 

 (Lauderdale) . 



GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar ) - NEW HAMPSHIRE - Late instars killed by disease 

 near Rochester, Strafford County. (Nehring) . RHODE ISLAND - First adults in 

 Providence County. Many complaints on larvae in Providence, Kent, and Washington 

 Counties. Many pupae noted. (Relli, Field). PENNSYLVANIA - Larvae heavy on oaks 

 and maples in 5-acre area at New Tripoli, Lehigh County (no egg cluster in 1970). 

 (Garra , Raub) ; treated six 40-acre blocks with disparlure to attempt "confustion" 

 of native populations. Infestation light to heavy, and first male caught on 

 July 2. (Cameron). 



JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) - NEW HAMPSHIRE - First adults at Manchester, 

 Hillsborough County, June SO! (Laf leur) . PENNSYLVANIA - Adults in Centre Coonty 

 June 27. (Keim) ; adults heavy on roses, willows, and sugar maples (average 4 per 

 branch) in Centre County July 7 (Kim). MICHIGAN - First adults in Macomb County 

 July 6. (Moore). OHIO - Damaged grapes at Dundee, Tuscarawas County. (Rings). 

 WEST VIRGINIA - First adults in Mineral County July 4. (W. Va . Ins. Sur.). NORTH - 

 CAROLINA - Usual damage statewide to grapevines, roses, crab apples, and corn 

 ears. (Choate et al.) . TENNESSEE - Adults trapped in Carter, Hawkins, and Davidson 

 Counties. (Gordon et al.). 



