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CORN FLEA BEETLE (Chaetocnema pulicaria ) - OHIO - Adults averaged 5 per plant in 

 Union County; less than 2 percent of leaf area showed signs of damage. (Andress) . 

 MARYLAND - Light to moderate in Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick, and Montgomery 

 Counties. Infestation ranged 8-65 percent (2,000 acres) in these counties. 

 Populations east of Chesapeake Bay light with damage below 5 percent in most 

 fields. (U. Md., Ent . Dept.). 



DUSKY SAP BEETLE (Carpophilus lugubris ) - MARYLAND - Heavy but spotty in 600 

 acres of sweet corn in Queen Annes, Kent, Talbot, and Dorchester Counties. 

 Damaged ears ranged 50-100 percent. (U. Md., Ent. Dept.), 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda) - COLORADO - Damage heavy to corn in La 

 Plata County. Controls applied. (Lorenz, Hantsbarger) . 



LESSER CORNSTALK BORER ( Elasmopalpus lignosellus ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Heavy on 

 late sorghum plantings in Chesterfield County and in few other areas. (Nettles), 



SORGHUM MIDGE (Contarinia sorghicola ) - ARKANSAS - Populations light in 9 of 48 

 fields in northeast areas. Watch fields yet to bloom. Populations not expected 

 to increase soon. No important increase in southwest and east-central areas. 

 (Boyer) . MISSISSIPPI - Damage light to early planted grain sorghum in Quitman, 

 Copiah, and Jasper Counties. (Sartor). 



BANKS GRASS MITE ( Oligonychus pratensis ) - OKLAHOMA - Moderate (2-4 leaves 

 infested) in corn in Texas County, Light (1 or 2 leaves infested) in western 

 Beaver County. Moderate in few fields of grain sorghum in Cimarron and northwest 

 Texas Counties. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). 



YELLOW SUGARCANE APHID ( Sipha flava ) - ARKANSAS - Light in sorghum fields in Clay 

 County and in Greene County. These are new county records. (Boyer). 



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GREEN JUNE BEETLE (Cotinis nitida ) - TENNESSEE - Adults heavy in southern counties 

 of western area. No damage to date; population indicates damage might occur in 

 pastures and hayfields later. (Gordon). 



A WEEVIL ( Mecinus pyraster ) - VIRGINIA - Single adult collected in Montgomery 

 County on March ICT, 1971, by R.H. Perry, Determined by R,E, Warner. This is a 

 new county record. (Allen) . 



FALSE CHINCH BUG (Nysius ericae ) - KANSAS - Adults, averaged 20 per square foot in 

 bentgrass on golf green near Manhattan, Riley County. (Bell) . 



CHINCH BUG (Blissus leucopterus leucopterus ) - KANSAS - Adults average 5 per 

 square foot in bentgrass golf green near Manhattan, Riley County. (Bell). 



A PSYCHID MOTH (Apterona crenulella ) - OREGON - Single specimen taken in alfalfa 

 at Long Creek, Grant County, July 8. This is a new county record. Also recorded 

 from Baker County. (Brown, Penrose) . 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



ALFALFA WEEVIL (Hypera postica ) - UTAH - Damaged first-crop alfalfa in Piute 

 County and Hanksville area of Wayne County. (Chapman), WYOMING - Larvae ranged 

 90-500 (averaged 256) per 10 sweeps of alfalfa in 2 Park County fields. 

 (Parshall) . COLORADO - Some adults still evident in Delta County and larvae 

 light, ranged 2-10 per 100 sweeps, in Western Slope areas. (Soderquist, Bulla). 

 NEW MEXICO - Light in alfalfa checked near Espanola, Rio Arriba County; averaged 

 0-1 adult and 2-3 larvae per 25 sweeps. (Heninger) . NEBRASKA - Adults severely 

 retarded growth after cutting in Lincoln County field. (Campbell). WISCONSIN - 

 Larvae still light in alfalfa in southern areas. (Wis. Ins. Sur,). 



