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HAWAII INSECT REPORT 



New Western Hemisphere Record - Two specimens of a PIOPHILID FLY ( Protopiophila 

 australis (Harrison) ) collected on bones on beach at Kahana Bay, Oahu, in April 

 1971 by J. Tenorio. Previously known only from Australia and Fiji. Determined by 

 George Steyskal . (Hardy). 



New State Record - A CHAMAEMYIID FLY (Leucopis ocellaris (Malloch)), a predator 

 of scale insects and mealybugs, collected preying on Dysmicoccus heobrevipes 

 (a mealybug) infesting fruit of Fiji fan palm ( Pritchardia pacif ic a) in Honolulu, 

 Oahu, in April 1960, and preying on Nipaecoccus~~vastator" ~Ta mealybug) infesting 

 native cotton ( Gossypium tomentosum ) at Koko Head, Oahu, in September 1960 by 

 J,W. Beardsley. Distribution of L. ocellaris includes Alberta and Manitoba, 

 Canada. Determined by J.F. McAlpTneT (Hardy) . This is also a new United States 

 record. (PPD) . 



General Vegetables - SPOTTED GARDEN SLUG ( Limax maximus) light to moderate in 8 

 acres of head cabbage at Kula, Maui. Damaged mature heads, especially along 

 borders. (Hori) . POTATO TUBERWORM (Phthorimaea operculella ) larvae 8-9 per leaf 

 in 0.25 acre of eggplant at Pearl City, Oahu. (Kitagawa, Yamamoto) . COWPEA APHID 

 (Aphis craccivora ) heavy on long beans at Ewa and Kawailoa, Oahu. In Ewa, 80 

 percent of plants infested in 3 acres. Several Coelophora inaequalis (common 

 Austrialian lady beetle) observed. In Kawailoa, aphids heavy on beans and stems 

 in backyard planting. (Au, Rose) . 



Ornamentals - LITCHI FRUIT MOTH ( Cryptophlebia ombrodelta ) larvae heavy on 3 

 rainbow shower trees (Cassia javanica x. f istulal at Kaneohe, Oahu; 90 percent 

 of shoots infested and apparently dying. (Funasaki) . 



DETECTION 



New Western Hemisphere Record - A PIOPHILID FLY ( Protopiophila australis 

 (Harrison)) HAWAII - Oahu Island, (p. 481). 



New North American Record - AN ERIOPHYID MITE ( Aculus comatus Keifer) OREGON - 

 Benton County. Cp"I 474) . 



New United States Record - A CHAMAEMYIID FLY (Leucopis ocellaris (Malloch)) 

 HAWAII - Oahu Island, (p. 481) . 



New County Records - ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hypera postica ) NORTH DAKOTA - Bureigh 

 (p. 470) . QEREAL LEAF BEETLE ( Oulema melanopus ) VIRGINIA - Franklin; ILLINOIS - 

 Henry, Crawford, Scott, Jersey, Pike (p. 479) . FACE FLY (Musca autumnalis) SOUTH 

 DAKOTA - Dewey (p. 478) . A GRASSHOPPER ( Dactylotum bicolor pictum ) OKLAHOMA - 

 Garvin (p. 479). GREENBUG (Schizaphis graminum ) ARKANSAS - Hempstead (p. 468). 

 HOLLYHOCK WEEVIL ( Apion longirostre ) KANSAS - Wabaunsee, Cloud, Saline; MISSOURI - 

 Cedar (p. 475). MEADOW SPITTLEBUG ( Philaenus spumarius ) IDAHO - Ada (p. 470). 

 NANTUCKET PINE TIP MOTH ( Rhyacionia frustrana ) MISSOURI - Dunklin, Mississippi, 

 Scott, Stoddard (p. 476). 



CORRECTIONS 



CEIR 21(26) :458 - GYPSY MOTH (Porthetria dispar) - PENNSYLVANIA - Delete first 

 sentence. Should read: "Feeding heavy in Berks, Monroe, and Pike Counties; most 

 larvae third and fourth instars; defoliation heavy. In Somerset County, 180 acres 

 of woodland treated. (Eckess)." Remainder of statement unchanged. (PPD). 



