Bur. Ent. & P. Q. 
Issued December 1940 
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY AND PLANT QUARANTINE 
SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
LIST OF INTERCEPTED PLANT PESTS, 1939 
(List of Pests Recorded During the Period July 1, 1938, to June 30, 1939, Inclu- 
sive, as Intercepted in, on, or with Plants and Plant Products Entering United 
States Territory.) 
INTRODUCTION 
The period covered by this report is the twenty-sixth year for which lists of 
interceptions have been issued. The detailed table showing pest interceptions 
from various countries is limited to species of particular interest or importance. 
Brief summaries indicate some of the commoner species noted during the course 
of inspection. Following the introduction are notes calling attention to some of 
the more interesting findings. 
The records summarized in this report cover some of the pests intercepted in, 
on, or with plants and plant products (1) imported, (2) offered for but refused 
entry, (3) held as ships' stores, etc., and hence not imported through customs, 
(4) offered for entry for immediate export or for immediate transportation and 
exportation in bond, and (5) in domestic shipments reaching the mainland from 
Ha waii and Puerto Rico. 
Collections made late in the year are often included in the report for the follow- 
ing year, especially if not determined immediately. The data on which this paper 
is based are on file in Washington, D. C. In addition to routine reports and 
determinations by the personnel of this Bureau, State and customs officials furnish 
considerable information. Staffs of specialists maintained by the States of 
California and Florida and the Territory of Hawaii determine most of the inter- 
ceptions made there, and specialists in the Bureau of Plant Industry determine a 
large part of the more difficult plant disease material. 
The alleged origin of plant materials cannot be verified in all cases. Obviously 
doubtful items are either omitted or the origin is listed as unknown. 
NOTES ON INSECTS INTERCEPTED 
FRUTTFLIES 
The following fruitflies were intercepted: Anastrepha distincta in Inga sp. pod 
from Mexico; 1 A. f rater cuius in orange from Brazil, peach from Mexico, and 
cherimoya from Peru; Mexican fruitfly (A. ludens) in apple, avocado, grapefruit, 
lemon, mango, orange, pear, pomegranate, quince, sour orange, sweet lime, and 
tangerine from Mexico; A. mombinpraeoptans in mango from Cuba, Jamaica, 
Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and yellow mombin and (larvae and puparia) in wrap- 
ping around this fruit from Puerto Rico; dark fruitfly (A. serpentina) in sapodilla 
from Colombia, mamey and sapote from Mexico, and orange from unknown 
locality; .4. striata in guava from Mexico; A. suspensa in bitter orange and guava 
from Puerto Rico; Anastrepha sp. in mango from Bahamas, Haiti, Panama, Peru, 
Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, and Venezuela, hog plum and mango from Colombia, 
mango and Passiflora sp. from Costa Rica, guava, Indian-almond, mango and in 
box in which mangoes had been kept in ship's stores from Cuba, sapodilla from 
Dominican Republic, mango and sapodilla from Guatemala, grapefruit and 
mango from Jamaica, fig, guava, mamey, mango, orange, peach, pear, plum, 
pomegranate, quince, sapote, and in refrigerator car loaded with mangoes from 
Mexico, and coco-plum from Virgin Islands; Mediterranean fruitfly (Ceratitis 
■capitata) in loquat, orange, and (puparium) among fern fronds used as packing for 
loquats from Azores, allspice, date, pepper, and (puparia) in paper wrapping for 
peppers from Bermuda, orange from Brazil, avocado, coffee, fig, mango, and 
pepper from Hawaii, in tangerine (puparium) in paper wrapping for quince, and 
(puparia) in box containing orange, pomegranates, sweet limes, and tangerines 
from Italy (puparium), on paper wrapping for grapefruit from Palestine, and 
1 For details of interceptions mentioned in the text see lists under the countries named. 
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