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SMALL FRUITS 



WESTERN GRAPE LEAF SKELETONIZER ( Harrlsina brillians ) - NEW MEXICO - Light to 

 medium on grapes in Las Cruces, Dona Ana County . (Durkin) . 



ORNAMENTALS 



A LACE BUG ( Stephanitis takeyae ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Heavy on Exhury deciduous 

 azaleas at Gladwyne, Montgomery County. (Christie, Wolff). New host variety 

 (Simmons) . 



FOREST AND SHADE TREES 



AN OLETHREUTID MOTH ( Rhyacionia bushnelli ) - CALIFORNIA - Adult reared from 

 Monterey pine ( Pinus radia tal in Santee, San Diego County, from larvae collected 

 July 23, 1971, by V. Cooke. Determined by M. Gardner. This is a new State record. 

 (Cal. Coop. Rpt .) . 



SADDLED PROMINENT ( Heterocampa guttivitta ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Defoliation heavy to 

 complete over 2,000 acres of sugar maple and beech in Potter County. Following 

 2 years of heavy infestations still causes light to moderate defoliation with 

 about 10 percent tree mortality on 5,000 acres and sick-appearing forests on 

 several thousand more acres in Wayne County. (Nichols). 



FALL WEBWORM ( Hyphantria cunea ) - NEVADA - Heavy and damage severe to western 

 chokecherry in Carlin and Palisade area, Elko and Eureka Counties. (Peters, 

 Zunino) . WEST VIRGINIA - Larvae caused moderate to heavy damage to cherry, elm, 

 walnut, and oak in Brooke and Ohio Counties, August 25. (W.Va., Ins. Sur.). 



ELM LEAF BEETLE ( Pyrrhalta luteola ) - NEVADA - Heavy damage and above normal at 

 Tonopah and Beatty'j Nye County, and above normal in areas of Las Vegas, Clark 

 County. (Zoller). IOWA - Collected in homes in Sac County August 24 and Audubon 

 County August 23. These are new county records. (Iowa Ins. Sur.). MlSftSSIPPI - 

 Defoliation near 100 percent of some elm trees in Rankin County. (Brown) . 



GALL APHIDS (Adelges spp .) - PENNSYLVANIA - Adults of A. abietis (eastern spruce 

 gall aphid) and A. cooleyi (cooley spruce gall aphid) moderate to heavy on 

 Colorado, Norway, and White spruce trees caused some tip kill in 20+ acre areas 

 at Port Matilda, Centre County, and at Conneaut Lake, Crawford County. (Adams). 



MAN AND ANIMALS 



SCREWWORM ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ) - Total of 13 cases reported in U.S. 

 August 23-27 as follows: TEXAS - Kinney 3, San Saba 2, Lampasas 2, Bowie 1, 

 Val Verde 1; ARKANSAS - Little River 2; ARIZONA - Graham 1. Cases reported 

 August 30 to September 3 as follows: TEXAS - Kinney 2, Lampasas 3, San Saba 2, 

 Presido 1, Val Verde 3, Crockett 1, Uvalde 2, Bowie 1, Maverick 1, Terrell 1 ; 

 ARKANSAS - Little River 2. (Anim. Health Div.). 



HORN FLY ( Haematobia irritans) - MISSISSIPPI - Light to moderate (200-500 per 

 head) on cattle in Oktibbeha, Monroe, Lee, Chickasaw, Clay, Lowndes, and Noxubee 

 Counties. (Robinson) . TEXAS - Heavy on livestock in High Plains and Trans-Pecos 

 counties. Moderate in Wilbarger and Knox Counties. Heavy in Fisher County. 

 (Clymer et al.). OKLAHOMA - Ranged 800-1,000 per head on cattle in Major County. 

 Heavy in Cotton County and moderate in Tulsa, Kay, and Cleveland Counties. (Okla. 

 Coop. Sur .) . 



FACE FLY (^usc£ autumnalis ) - MISSISSIPPI - Adults averaged 25 per face on 

 cattle in Monroe, Chickasaw, and Lee Counties in one herd of 200 cattle. In one 



