BENEFICIAL INSECTS 



A BRACONID ( Mlcroc tonus aethiops ) - MARYLAND - Specimens recovered by dissection 

 of Hypera pos tica (alfalfa weevil) by county: Washington (1) November 27, 

 Montgomery Tt) Jilne , and Baltimore (13) June. Determinations by W.T. Hollaway. 

 These are new county records. (U. Md . , Ent. Dept.). 



FEDERAL AND STATE PLANT PROTECTION PROGRAMS 



EUROPEAN CRANE FLY ( Tipula paludosa ) - WASHINGTON - One adult female collected 

 at golf course on Orcas Island during September. This is a new county record for 

 San Juan County. Determined by W.J. Turner. (Goss) . 



GYPSY MOTH ( Porthetria dispar ) - About 1.94 million acres defoliated to some 

 degree in 1971 in MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, VERMONT, CONNECTICUT, MASSACHUSETTS, 

 RHODE ISLAND, NEW YORK, NEW JERSEY, and PENNSYLVANIA. Most acres defoliated in 

 Connecticut 655,107, Pennsylvania 598,200, and New York 479,150. (PPD) . 



PINK BOLLWORM ( Pectinophora gossypiella) - TEXAS -Continues to attack late cotton 

 in most north-central counties . (Turney) . OKLAHOMA - Larvae found per 50 green 

 cotton bolls by county: McClain 5; Garvin 3; Marshall 9; Love 23; Jefferson 27. 

 Lint cleaner inspections positive in Cotton, Tillman, and Caddo Counties. (Okla. 

 Coop. Sur.). NEW MEXICO - No larvae found in green cotton bolls in Quay, Curry, 

 and Roosevelt Counties. (Mathews). CALIFORNIA - Recovered tenth moth of season 

 on October 22. Total of 8 moths trapped in Tulare County. In Kern and Fresno 

 Counties, 1 moth each to date. No larvae recovered in San Joaquin Valley this 

 year. Total of 89,000,000 sterile moths released in Kern and Tulare Counties to 

 date. (PPD) . 



A WHITEFRINGED BEETLE ( Graphogna thus leucoloma fecundus ) - SOUTH CAROLINA - 

 Specimens collected at Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, by W.B. Lott. This is a 

 new county record. Determined by V.H. Owens, confirmed by R.E. Warner. 

 (McCaskill) . 



WOOLLY WHITEFLY ( Aleurothrixus floccosus) - CALIFORNIA - Survey for release 

 sites for parasites completed. About 22,400 properties surveyed and 103 suitable 

 release sites selected. Parasite releases continued with about 1,000 released; 

 total released 18,081 to date. Evidence of colonization noted on 12 properties. 

 Eretmocerus paulistus (an eulophid wasp) apparently established; adults 

 appearing at release sites. (Cal. Coop. Rpt.). 



DETECTION 



New State Records - A LACE BUG ( Corythucha montivaga ) - CALIFORNIA - Mono County, 

 (p. 742). A MEGALOPYGUD MOTH (Norape ovina) - TENNESSEE - Knox County, (p. 742). 



New County Records - AN APHID ( Stegophylla quercina ) MARYLAND - Wicomico (p. 742). 

 EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Ostrinia nub i la lis ) ALABAMA - Clay (p. 730). EUROPEAN CRANE 

 FLY ( Tipula paludosa ) WASHINGTON - San Juan (p. 743). NORTHERN CATTLE GRUB 

 ( Hypoderma bovis ) ILLINOIS -Ogle, Schuyler, Madison, Perry, St. Clair, William- 

 son (p. 742). SOUTHWESTERN CORN BORER ( Diatraea grandiosella ) KENTUCKY - 

 Edmondson, Simpson, Allen (p. 730). A WHITEFRINGED BEETLE ( Graphogna thus leucoloma 

 fecundus) SOUTH CAROLINA - Spartanburg (p. 743). 



