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HAWAII INSECT REPORT 



Sorghum - Larvae and adults of a CHRISTMAS BERRY WEBWORM (Cryptoblabes aliena ) 

 and SORGHUM MIDGE (Contarinia sorghicola ) moderate to heavy on seedheads in 200 

 acres of sorghum at Kilauea, Kauai. (Sugawa) . 



General Vegetables - LEAF MINER FLIES (Liriomyza spp.) generally moderate to heavy 

 in snap bean, tomato, and green onion fields at Waianae, Oahu. Larval mines heavy 

 in 2 acres of watermelon at same area; 20 percent of older leaves severely 

 affected. Light to moderate in most snap bean fields at Waimanalo. Mines and 

 adults trace to light in 0.25 acre of lettuce at same area. GREENHOUSE WHITEFLY 

 (Trialeurodes vaporariorum ) moderate to heavy in snap bean and bittermelon 

 plantings at Waimanalo; trace in 2.5 acres of snap beans. (Funasaki , Kawamura) . 

 CARMINE SPIDER MITE (Tetranychus cinnabarinus ) light to moderate in 1.5 acres of 

 papaya at Kaaawa, Oahu, average 13 per square inch. Trace in 0.25 acre of same crop 

 at Kaneohe. Moderate in 5,000 square feet of eggplant at Waimanalo; as many as 

 250 nymphs and adults per square inch, averaged 30. CORN EARWORM ( Heliothis zea ) 

 heavy in 2.5 acres of corn at Waianae, Oahu; about 90 percent of ears with at 

 least one larva. BEET ARNfYWORM (Spodoptera exigua ) larvae moderate in 0.5 acre 

 of green onion at Waianae, Oahu; about 20-30 percent of leaves infested. Egg 

 clusters trace, less than one per 20 plants. SOUTHERN GARDEN LEAFHOPPER (Empoasca 

 solana) moderate in 0.1 acre of lettuce seedlings at Waianae, Oahu; as many as 

 7 per leaf, averaged 8 per plant. Light in 0.1 acre of snap beans at Waimanalo. 

 A MEMBRACID BUG ( Antianthe expansa ) generally light on several eggplants (new 

 host record) at Ewa, Oahu; as many as 20 nymphs and adults per plant. (Kumashiro) . 



Fruits and Nuts - BROWN SOFT SCALE ( Coccus hesperidum) generally moderate in 3 

 acres of papaya at Hana, Maui; about 5 percent of 36 inch tall seedlings with as 

 many as 150 scales per leaf. Several adults of a SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY (Papilio 

 xuthus ) noted at large at Haleiwa and Waialee, Oahu. Parasitism by Trichogramma 

 sp. (a minute egg parasite) noted in 27 of 40 eggs of P. xuthus collected at 

 Foster Village and Ewa, Oahu. (Takahaski et al.). 



Forest and Shade Trees - FULLER ROSE BEETLE (Pantomorus cervinus) adults moderate 

 on 25 Eucalyptus sp.~at Ulupalakua, Maui; few saplings with as much as 80 percent 

 of leaf surface eaten. Adults moderate on Pinus sp. terminals at Waikii, Hawaii; 

 as many as 5 on infested shoots, averaged '2~, (Ah Sam et al.). 



DETECTION 



New North American Record - A PTEROMALID WASP ( Sceptrothelys grandiclava (Walker)) 

 NEBRASKA - Dawson County, (p. 699). 



New State Records - BEAN APHID (Aphis fabae ) - OKLAHOMA - Garvin County, (p. 696). 

 SAGEBRUSH DEFOLIATOR (Aroga websteri ) MONTANA - Park County (p. 694). 



New County Records - EUROPEAN CORN BORER (Ostrinia nubilalis ) KANSAS - Grant; 

 SOUTH DAKOTA - Ziebach (p. 693). FACE FLY (Musca~autumnalis ) SOUTH DAKOTA - 

 McPherson (p. 698). NORTHERN CORN ROOTWORM (Diabrotica longicornis ) SOUTH 

 DAKOTA - Walworth (p. 694). A PIT SCALE ( Cerococcus kalmiae ) PENNSYLVANIA - 

 Lancaster (p. 697). WESTERN CORN ROOTWORM ( Diabrotica virgifera ) WYOMING - Park, 

 Albany; SOUTH DAKOTA - Potter, Walworth (p. 693) . 



CORRECTIONS 



CEIR 21(39) :681, 688 - ALFALFA WEEVIL (Hypera postica) - ARIZONA - Delete "This 

 is a new county record" on page 681 and delete note on page 688. (PPD) . 



