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List of Intercepted Plant Pests / United States Department of Agriculture Historic, archived document Do not assume content reflects current scientific knowledge, policies, or practices. United States )|i Department of Agriculture Ljst of Plant Pests N \ ./on uarantine ^9 APHIS 82-11 Fiscal Year 1984 / ■) United States Department of Agriculture List of Intercepted Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Plant Pests Plant Protection and Quarantine APHIS 82-11 Fiscal Year 1984 CONTENTS Diseases: Listed by name Introduction .iv of pathogen .. Changes in Listed by name of host .176 nomenclature .v Listed by country Summary of number of of origin .179 interceptions listed by country of origin Nematodes: Insects; Listed by name of pest .181 Listed by name of pest .4 Listed by name of host .182 Listed by name of host .90 Listed by country of origin .183 Listed by country of origin .134 Weeds; Mites; Listed by name of pest .184 Listed by name of pest .160 Listed by name of host .188 Listed by name of host .162 Listed by country of origin .191 Listed by country of origin .163 Mollusks; Listed by name of pest .164 Listed by name of host .167 Listed by country of origin .169 iii List of Intercepted Plant Pests Fiscal Year 1984 Biological Assessment Support Staff Technical Information Unit INTRODUCTION This publication represents the 67th Agricultural Research Service, annual report of pests and pathogens and cooperating scientists. found in agricultural quarantine inspection. It is the eleventh in the series to be assembled and printed from Scientific names of listed computerized interception records. organisms were reviewed by It summarizes records of exotic living scientists of PPQ and IIBIII. plant pests or pathogens of quarantine Scientific and common names of host significance found in, on, or with plants were verified using Hortus plants, plant products, carriers, III, Standardized Plant Names, and container vans, imported or and other botanical resources. entering into the continental United States and Hawaii or the PEST ORIGIN offshore possessions, or moving between these areas. Countries of origin shown for pest interceptions are obtained from Accumulated totals for organisms are the best available source at the listed under headings indicating time of interception. They are not either that the intended use of the meant to be used for the purpose contaminated host is consumption or of providing distribution data for propagation, or that the item is not a pest. Though not meant to be intended for importation and is definitive, every effort is made designated as nonentry. to ensure the accuracy of this information. Incompletely identified organisms belonging to economic pest groups are included in the lists when they are not taxonomically separable to the degree required for a comprehensive pest risk asessment. Honeybees of the genus Apis are included to reflect enforcement of the Honeybee Act of 1922, as amended 1976. This list was compiled from inter¬ ception records processed during fiscal year 1984. Insect, pathogen, mite, and nematode identifications are made by personnel of Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), the Insect Identifi¬ cation and Beneficial Insect Intro¬ duction Institute (IIBIII), iv CHANGES IN NOMENCLATURE INSECTS Helicoverpa armigera (Hubner)-(=Heliothis armigera (Hubner) (Noctuidae) (Noctuidae)) Scrobipalpopsis solanivora Povolny-(=Ptycerata solanivora Povolny (Gelechiidae) (Gelechiidae)) Trigonodes hyppasla (Cramer)-(=Chalciope hyppasia (Cramer) (Noctuidae) (Noctuidae)) MITE Tenuipalpus zhizhilashviliae Reck-(=Tenuipalpus japonicus Nishio (Tenuipalpidae) (Tenuipalpidae)) DISEASES Phyllosticta musarum (Cooke) Van Der AA—(=Phyllostictina musarum (Cooke) Petr.) Phyllosticta murrayicola Van Der AA-(=Phyllostictina murrayae Syd.) V i. 1 ' ’ 7'Z!iwm \u rm»r 1^ i|iaA4te«l 4»HfirOi1f ■ ; ^ ’ • f#r . /y.< f*-*! I • tj t tf ' ^. 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G2 * flFl G1I1H....................... 67 • 1 ftFl GlliMf ?».. .................. 1 , uriI7r^ AFLIZrC?)..................... 1 , RENIN......................... 1 * BOLIVIA..... 21 • KRA7n 9 ] 7 AQA7TI1?)..................... 3 a BURMA......................... 3 * 4 , TAMAfinTA...................... 7 , 4 f rAMTAnON...................... 7 , TAMADA........................ 1 , 1 rANARY 1 SI AN ns................ 2 • TAMARY TSI AN nsf?1 ............. 1 , PApr wranr i si anhs............ 5 a rrNTRAI APRIfAM H F PI 1H1 T P . 1 , PFNTRAI AMPATPA fPHMNTRY-?)... 2 , PWlI r......................... SSA 1 2 , 23 • 15 ■ pni OMniA...................... 677 • 62 3 1 12 1 , 48 * 23 rnsTA R1pA.................... 201 * 2 65 « PRFTr................ ......... 6 * 2 * PYPRIIS........................ 5 * 1 2 . 4 2 26 * DOMINICAN REPUBLIC..... ItlOB 7 2 43 2 1 3 1 , PAST GrRMANY .................. 4 a 91 • 26 2 3 2 • 13 a 2 1 , All 28 t 2 2 « 49 32 2 , FT.If.......................... 16 a 1 • 17 a FRANCE. 2 09 24 11 4 11 6 1 , 5 * 3 • 59 « 1 GREECE. 193 6 28 9 1 1 7 , 3 • 1 , 15 ■ 6 R 1 5 36 a b 1^4 664 • 2 51 • 1 PffiAA 1 499 170 ■ 4 196 < 1 1 a 34 a 187 • 8 1 a A 1 1 1 , 574 2 224 < 78 3 ■ 1 a 1 INDONESIA. 43 I 1 19 2 1 , 65 « 10 R 5 4 1 16 1 1 ISRAEL. 231 6 41 3 1 2 1 - ITALY. 5 39 9 ISO 70 4 7 1 TABULATION 0 F INSECTS NUMBER INTERCEPTIONS _m_ C P COUNTRY 0 R N 0 PESr AND HDST OF S N p COLLECTED IN u c A ORIGIN w N G p E A T N T I T I 0 R 0 CL N ABGRALLASPIS SP. ( 0 I ASP IDI DAE)... BELIZE. BRAZIL. COLOMBIA. AG .... 21 A7. CA. FL. LA. ACHRAS SP. (FRUIT) ECUADOR. GUATEMALA. MEXICO. NY. TX. ANTHURIUM SP. (LEAF) BROMELIACEAE (LEAF) CHAMAEDOREA SP. (LEAF) DASYLIRION SP. (LEAF) MASOEVALLIA INFRACTA (LEAF) MAXILLARIA LUTEOALBA MUSA PARAOISIACA (FRUIT) MUSA SP. (FRUIT) PHILODENDRON SP. (STEM) TILLANDSIA MACD0U6ALII (LEAF) TILLANDSIA SP. (LEAF) TILLANDSIA STREPTOPHTLLA (LEAF) TILLANDSIA XEROGRAPHICA (LEAF) ABGRALLASPIS MENDAX (MCKENZIE) (D1ASPIDIDAE>. GUATEMALA 2 FL MAXILLARIA SP. (LEAF) ORCHIDACEAE (LEAF) ABGRALLASPIS PICTOR WILLIAMS (DI ASP IDIDAE). INDIA. 1 FL CALATHEA SP. (STEM) ACALYMMA SP. ( CHRYSOMEL I DA ..... GUATEMALA. 1 FL EPIDENDRUM SP. (LEAF) ACANTHOCHEILA COMITIS DRAKE (TINGIUAE). GUATEMALA..... 1 .TX. CHAMAEDOREA SP. (LEAF) ACANTHOSCEL IDES SP. (SRUCHIDAE)... CHILE. JAMAICA. MEXICO. PERU.... 7 .FL. MO. TX. US. FOODSTUFFS LILIUM SP. (FLOWER) PHASEOLUS LUNATUS (SEED) PYRUS COMMUNIS (FRUIT) RUBUS SP. (FRUIT) ACANTHOSCELlOES EGENUS (PHILIPPI) (BRUCHIDAE). CHILE 11 US ASPARAGUS OFFICINALIS (STEM) FRAGARIA SP. (FRUIT) RUBUS SP. (FRUIT) ACANTHOSCELIDES GUAZUNAE JOHNSON A KIN6S0LVER (BRUCHIDAE). MEXICO.... .... 1 CA.... GUAZUMA ULMIFOLIA (SEED) ACANTHOSCELIDES OBLONGOGUTTATUS (FAHRS.) (BRUCHIDAE). Mrxico. 1 TX.... TILLANDSIA SCHIEDEANA (LEAF) ACANTHOSCELIDES PIGRICOLA (KINGSOLVER) (BRUCHIDAE). BELIZE. 1 TX.... MIMOSA SP. (SEED) ACANTHOSCEL IDES PYRRHOMELAS (PHILIPPI) (BRUCHIDAE.). CHILE. 2 .PA. US FRAGARIA SP. (FRUIT) PTRUS SP. (FRUIT) ACANTHOSOMATIDAEt SPFCIES OF. SOUTH AFRICA. 1 NY.... PLANT (STEM) ACAUDALEYROOES CITRI (PRIESNER & HOSNY) (ALEYRODI DAE). GREECE. 1 IL.... CITRUS SP. (LEAF) ACERATAGALLIA SP. ( C IC ADEL LI DAE) ........ ... MEXICO. 1 TX.... LACTUCA SATIVA (LEAF) ACHAEA JANATA (LINNAEUS) (NOCTUIOAE). HAWAII.. 1 2 .... HI.... AIRCRAFT PLUMERIA RUBRA ACLEDRA OIMIOIATICOLLIS (SPINOLA) (PENTATOM IDAC)... CHILE. 2 .US RUBUS SP. (FRUIT) ACLCROA TAKAHASHII KUWANA (ACLCRDIDAE).. INDONESIA... 1 MO SACCHARUM SP. (STEM) ACONOPHORA SP. (MEMBRACIDAE)... BOLIVIA. COSTA RICA... 2 .FL CUPRESSUS SP. (LEAF) LIMONIUH SP. (FLOWER) ACROLEPIIDAEt SPECIES OF....... NEW ZEALAND FL RHOPALOSTYLIS SAPIDA (SEED) ACROLEPIOPSIS ASSECTELLA (ZELLER) (ACPOLEPII DAE) . JAPAN. SPAIN 5 .... CT. FL ALLIUM AMPELOPRASUM ALLIUM FISTULOSUM (LEAF) . ALLIUM SP. (LEAF) ACROLOPHUS SP. (TINEIDAE).... BELIZE. BOLIV lA. COSTA RICA. 3A FL. LA. SC. TX. AECHMEA SP. (LEAF) DOMINICAN RE PUBLIC. GUATEMALA. VI. AT LARGE HONDURAS. ME XICO. PANAMA. BILBERGIA SP. (LEAF) PERU. ST. LU CIA. SURINAM. BRASSIA SP. (LEAF) BROMELIACEAE (LEAF) BROMELIACEAE
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