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POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEPPERS 



COLORADO POTATO BEETLE ( Leptinotarsa decemlineata ) - MAINE - Populations and 

 control problems exceed those of 1970 in home gardens, and some sprayed and 

 unsprayed fields statewide. (Gall) . NEW JERSEY - Egg counts very heavy in 

 Adelphia, Monmouth County, potatoes. (Ins.-Dis. Newsltr.). UTAH - Still problem 

 in Cache County potatoes. (Burtenshaw) . 



VARIEGATED CUTWORM (Peridroma saucia) - OREGON - Heavy larval feeding on lower 

 leaves in potatofield near Harrisburg, Linn County. Potential for larvae to 

 damage shallow tubers. (Crowell) . 



ALFALFA LOOPER (Autographa californica ) - WASHINGTON - Larvae of this species and 

 Ceramica picta (zebra caterpillar) caused severe damage to several acres and 

 fields of potatoes near Warden, Quincy, and Royal Slope in Grant County. 

 (Foeppel) . 



BEANS AND PEAS 



VARIEGATED CUTWORM (Peridroma saucia ) - OREGON - First through last instars 

 averaging 30 per square yard on bush beans at Junction City, Lane County. One 

 5-acre field ready-to-harvest, disced under because of excessive damage to pods. 

 (Crowell, Berry). 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - COLORADO - Larvae increasing in 

 Weld County and causing damage. Some controls applied. (Rothman) . 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



EASTERN SUBTERRANEAN TERMITE (Reticulitermes flavipes ) - KENTUCKY - Damaged root 

 stock of rhubarb in Jessamine, McCracken, and Fayette Counties. (Barnett) . 



ASPARAGUS APHID (Brachycolus asparagi ) - NEW JERSEY - Winged and wingless forms 

 noted near Swedesboro, Gloucester County. (Ins.-Dis. Newsltr.). 



DETECTION 



New State Records - A LONGHORNED BEETLE ( Hesperophanes pubescens ) VIRGINIA - 

 Female collected in light trap at Blacksburg, Montgomery County, July 28, 1970, 

 by R.H. Perry. Determined by R.H. Perry, confirmed by G.B. Vogt. (Allen). A 

 SAWFLY ( Nematus abbottii ) ALABAMA - Lee County, (p. 569). 



New County and Island Records - A STAG BEETLE ( Dorcus brevis ) VIRGINIA - Male 

 taken from light trap at Holland, Nancemond County, August 17, 1970. Determined 

 by O.L. Cartwright. (Perry). ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hypera postica ) WISCONSIN - Pepin 

 (p. 565). ASIATIC OAK WEEVIL ( Cyrtepis tomus castaneus ) MISSOURI - Stone, 

 Christian, Webster, and Dallas (p. 569). EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Ostrinia nubllalis ) 

 ALABAMA - Russell (p. 563). GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar ) MARYLAND - Carroll, 

 Prince Georges, Frederick, Somerset, and Montgomery (p. 571) . HOLLYHOCK WEEVIL 

 ( Apion longirostre) KANSAS - Johnson (p. 568) . JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) 

 TENNESSEE - Haywood (p. 571). A LACE BUG ( Stephanitis takeyai ) PENNSYLVANIA - 

 Berks (p. 568). A LYGAEID BUG ( Neacoryphus bicrucis ) HAWAII - Maui (p. 572). 

 SWEETCLOVER APHID ( Therioaphis riehmi ) IDAHO - Shoshone (p. 565). SWEETCLOVER 

 WEEVIL ( Sitona cyllndr icolIisT IDAHO - Bonner, Kootenai, Benewah, Shoshone 

 (p. 565) . 



