664 - 



GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dlspar ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Trapped 4 moths in Franklin 

 County by R.T! Angle on August 12. Determined by D.M. Weisman. This is a new 

 county record. (Simmons). 



JAPANESE BEETLE ( Popillia japonica ) - OHIO - Grubs averaged 36 per square foot 

 in golf course in Wayne County. (Niemczyk) . TENNESSEE - Adults collected on wild 

 grape at Hales Crossroads, Hamblen County, by M.E. Snodgrass on July 13. 

 Determined by V.H. Owens, confirmed by R.D. Gordon. This is a new county 

 record. (PPD) . 



PINK BOLLWORM ( Pec t inophora gossypiella ) - CALIFORNIA - Sterile moths released 



in San Joaquin Valley totaled 3 , 147,000. Total for 1971 season to date 



69,381,000. (PPD). ARIZONA - Larval boll infestations ranged 8-10 percent, one 



infestation of 40 percent excluding exit hole counts, in Yuma County. Infesta- 

 tions increased in portions of Graham County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). NEW MEXICO - 



Boll sample checks from Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, south, reveal very light 

 populations. (N.M. Coop. Rpt.). 



SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE ( Heterodera glycines ) - TENNESSEE - Found infesting one 

 soybean field in each of Lincoln and Franklin Counties, for new county records. 

 Dates of collection were August 30 and 31, 1971. First time found in central 

 area. Cyst population heavy in sample taken in Lincoln County. (Gordon, Cagle) . 

 FLORIDA - Cysts collected in Santa Rosa County by J. Bishop on August 24. 

 Determined by V.H. Owens, confirmed by W. Freedman. This is a new county 

 record. (PPD) . 



A WHITEFRINGED BEETLE ( Graphogna thus leucoloma striatus ) - ARKANSAS - Adult 

 collected at Hardy, Sharp County, by J.H. White on August 26; MISSISSIPPI - 

 adult collected at Oakland, Tallahatchie County, by J.H. Mills on August 4; 

 GEORGIA - adults collected at Crawf ordvi lie , Taliaferro County, by B. Hughes 

 on August 26. Determined by V.H. Owens, confirmed by R.E. Warner. These are new 

 county records. (PPD). - TENNESSEE - Graphogna thus spp. heavy in soybean field in 

 Madison County; large stalks dying from larval feeding. To date, damage estimated 

 at 10 percent; however, damage expected to increase. (White). Found in soybean 

 field near Huntland in Franklin County. Population heavy, damage very light and 

 spotted. (Cagle, Gordon). 



DETECTION 



New State Records - ASPARAGUS APHID (Brachycolus asparagi ) MARYLAND - Prince 

 Georges County, (p. 660). AN OLETHREUTID MOTH (Rhyacionia bushnelli ) CALIFORNIA - 

 San Diego County, (p. 662). WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica virgifera ) 

 MICHIGAN - Allegan County, (p. 656). 



New County Records - ALFALFA WEEVIL (Hypera postica ) WISCONSIN - Langlade, 

 Lincoln, Taylor, Clark, Pepin (p. 658) . A CERAMBYCID BEETLE ( Dectes texanus 

 texanus ) TENNESSEE - Madison, Haywood, Crockett, Henry, Hardeman, McNairy, 

 Chester, Henderson, Hardin, Decatur, Carroll, Gibson, Lake, Obion, Weakley, 

 Benton (p. 657). ELM LEAF BEETLE (Pyrrhalta luteola ) IOWA - Sac, Audubon (p. 662), 

 EUROPEAN CORN BORER (Ostrinia nubilalis ) ALABAMA - Houston (p. 656). AN EULOPHID 

 WASP (Tetrastichus incertus ) OHIO - Washington (p. 663). GREENBUG (Schizaphis 

 graminum ) IOWA -"O'Brien (p. 655). GYPSY MOTH (Porthetria dispar ) PENNSYLVANIA - 

 Franklin (p. 664). JAPANESE BEETLE (Popillia japonica ) TENNESSEE - Hamblen 

 (p. 664). NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica longicornis ) NORTH CAROLINA - 

 McDowell, Watauga, Burke, Caldwell, Iredell (p. 656). SOYBEAN CYST NEMTODE 

 (Heterodera glycines ) TENNESSEE - Lincoln, Franklin; FLORIDA - Santa Rosa 

 (p. 664). SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID (Therioaphis maculata) NORTH DAKOTA - Dickey 

 (p. 656). SWEETCLOVER APHID ( Therioaphis riehmi ) OKLAHOMA - Okmulgee (p. 658). 

 SQUASH BEETLE (Epilachna boreal is ) ALABAMA - Lee, Montgomery (p. 660). WESTERN 

 BEAN CUTWORM ( Loxagrotis albicosta ) NEBRASKA - Brown, Rock (p. 657). WESTERN 

 CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica virgifera ) MICHIGAN - Cass (p. 656). A WHITEFRINGED 

 BEETLE (Graphognathus leucoloma striatus ) ARKANSAS - Sharp; MISSISSIPPI - 

 Tallahatchie; GEORGIA - Taliaferro (p. 664). 



