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TURF, PASTURES, RANGELAND 



CHINCH BUG (Blissus leucopterus leucopterus j - SOUTH CAROLINA - Heavy and some 

 lawn damage in Clemson area, Pickens County. (Miller). MAINE - Reports of lawn 

 injury continue; invading homes in southern and central areas. (Gall). 



TWOLINED SPITTLEBUG (Prosapia bicincta ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Unusually heavy, 287 

 spittle masses per square yard on lawns in 6 city-block-area of Myrtle Beach, 

 Horry County. (McKee) . 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera f rugiperda ) - ALABAMA - Larvae damaged Coastal Bermuda 

 grass in Geneva County field. (Reynolds) . 



A NOCTUID MOTH (Agrotis ducens ) - NEW HAMPSHIRE - Moths 30 in blacklight trap at 

 Newington, Rockingham County. (Schaef er) . 



FORAGE LEGUMES 



WESTERN YELLOWSTRIPED ARMYWORM (Spodoptera praefica ) - NEVADA - All larval 

 instars averaged 1 per sweep of alfalfa in Stillwater area, Churchill County. 

 (Hilbig). 



PEA APHID (Acyrthosiphon pisum ) - UTAH - Required controls in some Wayne County 

 alfalfa fields , moderate in Piute County. (Chapman). 



ALFALFA WEEVIL ( Hypera postica ) - UTAH - Adults numerous; some larval damage in 

 Wayne and Piute Count ie^"^ (Chapman) . 



A LYGUS BUG ( Lygus hesperus) - NEVADA - Adults ranged 35-60 per sweep in 450 

 acres of alfalfa in Humboldt County. (Stitt) . 



ALFALFA SEED CHALCID (Bruchophagus roddi) - TEXAS - Moderate to heavy in alfalfa 

 seed fields in Ward and Pecos Counties. (Neeb) . 



LEAFMINER FLIES - VERMONT - Unspecified species prevalent in alfalfa. Spread and 

 increase in numbers occurred in last few years. Despite apparent off color and 

 injury, insect does not affect yield or quality. (Nielsen). 



SOYBEANS 



VELETBEAN CATERPILLAR (Anticaria gemmatalis ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Larvae 3 per 

 square yard, caused 5 percent foliar loss to 6 acres of soybeans in Marion County. 

 Similar damage noted in other fields where specimens could not be found. (Pate) . 



PEANUTS 



LESSER CORNSTALK BORER (Elasmopalpus lignosellus ) - TEXAS - Light in counties 

 near Stephenville . Populations which exceed economic thresholds found in irrigated 

 fields near De Leon and in dryland field near Gorman. Infestations needing 

 insecticidal treatment also reported in Hill County. Medium in Motley County. 

 (Hoelscher, Pallmeyer) . 



FALL ARMYWORM (Spodoptera frugiperda ) - OKLAHOMA - Averaged 3 per linear foot of 

 peanuts in Love County. Some fields sprayed. (Okla . Coop. Sur.). 



COTTON 



BOLLWORMS (Heliothis spp.) - ARIZONA - H. zea major problem in Avra Valley, Pima 

 County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). OKLAHOMA - Damage averaged 5 percent in treated cotton 

 and 30 percent in untreated cotton in Grady County. Damage ranged 5-15 percent 

 in fields in Marshall, Stephens, Jefferson, and Tillman Counties. Moderate in 

 Washita and Bryan Counties. (Okla. Coop. Sur.). LOUISIANA - In Madison Parish, 

 infestations ranged 1-3 (averaged 1.3) percent in 75 of 122 plots, larvae found 



