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HAWAII INSECT REPORT 



New Western Hemisphere Records - A REDUVIID BUG ( Haematoecha rubescens (Distant)) 

 collected in rotten branch at Tantalus, Oahu, by L. Mochizuki, November 14, 1970. 

 Second specimen collected in home by I. Kaiser at Alewa Heights on January 2, 

 1971. Eight additional specimens collected in building at Honolulu International 

 Airport by J. Hane, D. Nagatani , and C. Taira during period January 14-21. 

 Determined by R.C. Froeschner. The genus occurs in China and the islands of 

 Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, Japan, where it is apparently a predator of other 

 insects. (Kawamura) . Seven specimens of an OEDEMERID ( Ananca kanack (Fairmarie)) 

 collected at light at Kapoho Beach, Hawaii, by L, Santo April 11, 1971. Specimen 

 taken from schooner returning from Line Islands in June 1964 was determined an 

 interception. Current record indicates establishment on Hawaii Island. Determined 

 by J.W. Beardsley. (Beardsley) . 



Fruits and Nuts - Adults of a SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY ( Papilio xuthus) observed 

 increasing in infested areas on Oahu; as many as 15 larvae (various instars) on 

 3-foot-tall citrus plant at Foster Village; damage light. (Kahale) . COCONUT 

 SCALE ( Aspidiotus destructor ) moderate in small planting of bananas at Pearl City, 

 Oahu; about 20 percent of leaves infested. Light to moderate on 50+ coconut trees 

 at Hawaii Kai, Oahu. Telsimia nitida and Lindorus lophanthae (lady beetles) 

 generally light amid scale colonies; heavy on some leaflets with as many as 12 

 adults and 34 nymphs (T. nitida ) per leaflet. (Au, Kashiwai) . 



Forest and Shade Trees - A CONIFER APHID ( Cinara Carolina ) generally light in 

 200+ acres of Pinus sp. at Polipoli, Maui. Nymphs and adults ranged up to 100 

 (averages ranged 1-6) per inch of stem on 3 to 8-foot tall saplings. (Hobdy, 

 Miyahira) . All stages of BARNACLE SCALE ( Ceroplastes cirripedif ormis ) moderate 

 to heavy on 2 of 12 trees at Hawaii Kai, Oahu. As many as 100+ scales per 2 

 inches of pencil-sized stems on heavily infested branches. (Kashiwai). 



General Pests - Adults of a NARROW WINGED KATYDID ( Elimaea punctifera ) heavy in 

 commercial plantings of anthurium and citrus at Pahoa, Hawaii . Feeding and 

 oviposition damage to anthurium blossoms heavy in some nurseries; as many as 60 

 percent of flowers harvested from unsprayed plantings were unmarketable. (Higaki 

 et al.) . 



Man and Animals - Trapped 289 VEXANS MOSQUITO ( Aedes vexans nocturnus) and 3,809 

 SOUTHERN HOUSE MOSQUITO ( Culex pipiens quinquef asciatus ) in 53 light traps during 

 July on Oahu. Aedes catches per trap ranged 0-170 at Kahaluu. Culex catches per 

 trap ranged 0-1,583 at Honouliuli. (Mosq. Cont. Br., Dept . of Health) . 



Beneficial Insects - Adults of a CRYPTOCHETID FLY ( Cryptochetum iceryae) emerged 

 from Icerya purchasi (cottonycushion scale) infesting Erythrina trees at Eleele, 

 Kauai"j for a new island record. Previously reported from islands of Oahu and 

 Hawaii. (Sugawa) . 



DETECTION 



New Western Hemisphere Records - In HAWAII, a REDUVIID BUG ( Haematoecha rubescens 

 (Distant)) Oahu Island, an OEDEMERID ( Ananca kanack (Fairmarie)) Hawaii Island, 

 (p. 594). 



New County and Island Records - A CRYPTOCHETID FLY ( Cryptochetum iceryae) 

 HAWAII - Kauai (p. 594). GREENBUG ( Schizaphis graminum ) IOWA - Osceola (p. 582). 

 IMPORTED FIRE ANT ( Solenopsis saevissima richteri ) FLORIDA - Lee (p. 593). 

 JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) KENTUCKY - Clark (p. 593). PEA LEAF WEEVIL 

 (Sitona lineata ) WASHINGTON - Adams, Walla Walla (p. 585). OLDHOUSE BORER 

 (Hylotrupes bajulus) TENNESSEE - Sevier (p. 591). 



