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FALL WEBWORM ( Hyphantria cunea ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Still heavy on pecans, from 

 several sections, especially Kershaw and Calhoun Counties. (Nettles). 

 TEXAS - Heaviest infestations in Comal, Caldwell, Hays, Guadalupe, Gonzales, and 

 Lavaca Counties. Infestations in this area ranged 0-40 tents per tree. In Brazos 

 and Fort Bend Counties, heaviest counts 10 tents per tree. Also noted throughout 

 north-central areas on native and improved varieties of pecans. (Massey et al.). 



WALNUT CATERPILLAR ( Datana integerrima ) - TEXAS - Heavy in north-central area 

 (Denton and Dallas Counties) and in McLennan County. (Turney, Hoelscher) . 



AN APHID (Panaphis Juglandis ) - CALIFORNIA - Adults and nymphs 20 per leaf of 

 walnut at Moraga, Contra Costa County. This is a new county record. Collected 

 by W. Gary and G. Jones. Determined by T. Kono. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). 



BLACKMARGINED APHID (Monellia costalis ) - ARIZONA - Heavy on pecan trees at 

 northwest Phoenix nursery, Maricopa County. (Ariz. Coop. Sur.). 



BLACK PECAN APHID (Tinocallis caryaef oliae ) - TEXAS - Moderate to heavy damage to 

 foliage in Winkler, Ward, and Reeves Counties. Light on pecans in Brazos County. 

 (Neeb, Green) . 



SMALL FRUITS 



WESTERN GRAPELEAF SKELETONIZER (Harrisina brillians ) - NEVADA - Larvae heavy and 

 damaging grapes in Las Vegas area, Clark County. CZoller) . NEW MEXICO - Light 

 to medium on home planting grapes in Dona Ana County. (N.M. Coop. Rpt.). 



GRAPE PHYLLOXERA (Phylloxera vitifoliae ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Aerial gall observed 

 on Seibel wine grapes; 25 percent of shoot infested, 7 percent galled; 6 galls 

 per leaf; no galls on other varieties in northeast Erie County. (Jubb) . 



EUROPEAN RED MITE (Panonychus ulrai) - PENNSYLVANIA - Population declining; 

 averaged 7 per leaf in untreated Concord grape vineyards and less than 1 per 

 leaf in northeast, Erie County. (Jubb). 



ORNAMENTALS 



A GEOMETRID MOTH (Lambdina athasaria athasaria ) - PENNSYLVANIA - Heavy larval 

 damage in nursery to hemlocTT^ larch, and white pine in Indiana County. (Mallis) . 



AZALEA CATERPILLAR (Datana major ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - Heavy and unusually damaging 

 to azalea from Fairfield County to coast. (Nettles). 



OAK LACE BUG ( Corythucha arcuata ) - FLORIDA - Nymphs and adults infesting all 

 nursery plants examined of Quercus michauxii (basket oak) at Glen St. Mary, 

 Baker County (H.W. Collins) . Most adults dead or dying due to a fungus. 

 (Collins) . 



FOREST AND SHADE TREES 



VARIABLE OAKLEAF CATERPILLAR ( Heterocampa manteo ) - OKLAHOMA - Heavy and 

 defoliating oaks on several thousand acres in southern Muskogee and northern 

 Mcintosh Counties. Heavy on several hundred acres of oaks in Sequoyah County. 

 (Okla. Coop. Sur.). TEXAS - Heavy on oaks in Rains County. General infestations 

 throughout many counties in northeast areas. (Hamman) . ARKANSAS - Some defolia- 

 tion in north-central areas. (Boyer) . 



FALL WEBWORM (Hyphantria cunea ) - MASSACHUSETTS - Most severe defoliation in 

 many years in Hampshire County. (Shaw). NEW MEXICO - Heavy on various shade trees 

 in Dona Ana County. (N.M. Coop. Rpt.). 



ASH BORER (Podosesia syringae fraxini) - COLORADO - Damage severe and some loss 

 to ash trees in Kiowa County. (Hogan) . 



