Volume 21 December 31, 1971 Numbers 49 - 53 



COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC INSECT REPORT 

 HIGHLIGHTS 



Current Conditions 



GREENBUG damaged small grain in Texas and Kansas. SPOTTED ALFALFA APHID heavy 

 on some alfalfa in Arizona, (p. 777). 



SCAB MITE outbreak involving several thousand head of cattle in Nebraska, 

 Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico, (p. 779). 



PINK BOLLWORM larval counts heavy in limited area of New Mexico, (p. 781) . 



Detection 



New State records include APHIDS from Maryland and Virginia, (pp. 777, 779), 

 a MOSQUITO from Pennsylvania, an OLETHREUTID MOTH, PALM LEAF SKELETONIZER, a 

 PIERID MOTH, and a SNAIL from Alabama (pp. 778, 779) , and SOYBEAN CYST NEMATODE 

 from South Carolina (p. 781). 



For new county and island records see page 781. 



Special Reports 



Cereal Leaf Beetle Quarantines. Map. Centerfold. 

 Distribution of Pepper Maggot. Map. (p. 784). 



Reports in this issue are for weeks ending November 26 through December 17 

 unless otherwise indicated. 



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