UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 Agricultural Research Service 



LIST OF INTERCEPTED PLANT PESTS, 1969 

 (Pests Recorded From July 1, 1968, Through June 30, 1969) 



David H. Girard 

 Plant Quarantine Inspector 



INTRODUCTION 



This, the 56th annual report of plant quarantine work in the United 

 States, reflects the first publication to be assembled and printed from 

 computerized interception records. It summarizes the records of plant 

 pests found in, on, or with plants, plant products, and carriers (1) 

 imported into or entering the United States orthe offshore possessions, 

 (2) offered for entry but refused, (3) in quarters or stores of planes 

 and ships, (4) entered for immediate transportation and exportation in 

 bond, (5) in domestic shipments to the mainland from the States of 

 Alaska and Hawaii, the American Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of 

 Puerto Rico, Guam, and other possessions, or (6) in preclearance in- 

 spection in the Bahamas and Bermuda. 



Insects, mites, mollusks, diseases, and nematodes are tabulated 

 separately. The pests listed are of known or potential importance to 

 agriculture and either not reported or not widely distributed in the 

 United States. Some common organisms are included if they are new 

 to the country of origin or the host plant. 



Records were made from identifications received during the fiscal 

 year 1969 and include some interceptions from previous years that 

 were not determined until this year. Most insect and mite identifica- 

 tions are made by specialists of the Entomology Research Division and 

 Plant Quarantine Division (both of the U. S. Department of Agriculture) 

 and the Department of Entomology of the U.S. National Museum of the 



