SERVICE AND REGULATORY ANNOUNCEMENTS 
3 
COMMON PESTS INTERCEPTED 
Many pests and diseases known to occur in this country or found frequently on 
certain material offered for entry are recorded on tally sheets instead of on the 
more complete record forms. While many of the findings of these common forms 
never get recorded at all, enough are recorded to aid in giving a picture of the 
condition of material inspected, from the standpoint of pests present. It »s 
recognized that foreign strains of some of these common pests and diseases might 
be destructive if established here, but inspectors would have no way of determining 
that point. In the following summary of these pest and disease records the 
numbers following the names of the organisms indicate the number of countries 
from which interceptions were made and the total number of records made 
during the year. 
INSECTS 
Common insects intercepted 10 or more times, and recorded, included Acan- 
thoscelides obtectus (5-114), Ahasverus advena (18-42), Anthonomus eugeniae 
(3-5,353), Aonidiella aurantii (8-19), Aphis gossypii (14-218), Araecerus fascicu- 
latus (14-43), Aspidiotus camelliae (10-15), A. cyanophylli (8-18), A. hederae 
(15-89), A. lataniae (19-177), A. perniciosus (5-31), Brevicoryne brassicae (7-151), 
Carpocapsa pomonella (8-211), Cathartus quadricollis (3-53), Cerataphis lataniae 
(9-95), Chrysomphalus aonidum (14-69), C. dictyospermi (12-59), Coccus hesperi- 
dum (17-80), Diaspis boisduvalii (21-437), D. bromeliae (4-466), Ephestia cautella 
(4-20), Etiella zinckenella (7-143), Frankliniella williamsi (1-166), Gnorimoschema 
operculella (13-168), Heliothis armigera (9-6,997), H. virescens (6-179), Hippo- 
damia convergens (1-90), Howardia biclavis (8-37), Laphygma frugiperda (4-665), 
Lasioderma serricorne (8-30), Lepidosaphes beckii (29-162), L. gloverii (7-21), 
Macrosiphum solanifolii (5-230), Myzus pers-icae (9-396), Necrobia rufipes (7-31), 
Oryzaephilus surinamensis (7-89), Parlatoria pergandii (10-35), P. proteus (9-39), 
Pinnaspis aspidistrae (4-23), P. minor (5-127), Plodia inter punctella (8-90), 
Pseudococcus adonidum (9-17), P. brevipes (7-465), P. citri (12-54), P. rnariti'mus 
(8-14), Rhizoglyphus hyacinthi (9-61), Rhizopertha dominica (3-69), Rhopalosi- 
phum pseudobrassicae (3-95), Saissetia hemisphaerica (19-160), S. nigra (7-32), 
S. oleae (11-30), Selenaspidus articulatus (12-23), Sitophilus oryza (13-68), Sito- 
troga cerealella (6-24), Tenebroides mauritanicus (7-26), Thrips tabaci (13-291), 
Tribolium castaneum (12-39), T. eonfusum (2-28), and Typhaea stercorea (6-70). 
In addition to the listed species of common insects, there were 5,100 inter- 
ceptions belonging to 678 different spec'es which were not deemed to be of sufficient 
importance from the plant-quarantine viewpoint to warrant listing them by 
species. Total of insects included in this paragraph, 24,044. 
DISEASES 
Common plant diseases intercepted 10 or more times, and recorded, included 
Actinomyces scabies (32-203), Albugo Candida (2-72), Alternaria solani (2-190), 
A. tomato (2-1,991), Aplanobacter michiganense (1-31), Aspergillus niger (27-383), 
Bacillus carotovorus (9-29), Bacterium marginatum (5-13), B. phaseoli (2-58), B. 
punctilans (1-199), B. vesicatorium (5-2,468), Botrytis cinerea (16-86), B. tulipae 
(1-16), Capjwdiurn citri (8-13), Cephalothecium roseum (12-63), Ceratostomvlla 
adiposum (2-20), C. fimbriaia (2-41), C. paradoxa (18-269), Cercospora beticola 
(3-774), C. rosicola (1-63), Cladosporium cucumerinum (1-13), C. fulvum (2-175), 
Colletoirichurn circinans (3-256), C. gloeosporioides (13-668), C. lindemuthianum 
(10-148), C. orchidearum (5-30), C. phomoides (1-25), Cylindrosporium chrysan- 
ihemi (1-12), Diaporthe phaseolorum (1-11), Diplocarpon rosae (4-37), Di plodia 
natalensis (21-49), Elsinoe fawcettii (13-45), E. phaseoli (2-387), Erysiphe gram in is 
(3-45), E. polygoni (2-62), Fusarium moniliforme (2-10), Gloeosporium lirndti- 
colum (9-149), O. musarum (4-32), Glomerella cingulata (8-58), Helminthosporium 
allii (3-149), //. sativum (3-29), Heterodera marioni (15-17), Mycosphat r< lia 
pinocles . (4-23) , Oospora lactis parasitica (5-67), Penicillium digitalum (12-30), 
P. italicum (9-17), Peslalozzia guepini (4-15), Phoma destructiva (4-50), Pho- 
mopsis citri (21-138), P. vexans (5-427), Phytophthora infestans (6-80), P. terrestria 
(2-319), Puccinia cdlii (8-18), P. chrysanthemi (1-10), P. graminis (20-53), P. 
porrii (4-19), P. rubigo-vera (13-53), P. tageticola (1-23), Pucciniopsis caricae 
(3-55), Pythium debaryanum (1-24), Rhizodonia b<Uaiicoia (2-16), R. solani 
(18-706), Rhizopus nigricans (23-590), Scleral in ia Bclerotiorum (8-17), Sclerotium 
oryzae (12-55), S. rolfsii (3-17), Septoria apii (7-10), Sphaceloma perseae (3-418), 
Spondylocladium alrovirens (15-52), Uromyces phaseoli typica (2-51). Ustilago 
zeae (2-16), Venturia inaequalis (16-41), V. pyrina (3-19), and Verticflliurri 
cinnabarina (12-41). 
