FPirstroceedin recordgs of for the G reenidiaHawaiian fiscicola Entomolo gical Society (2012) 44:83–84 83 New Records and Accounts

First Records for the ficicola Takahashi (: ) in Hawaii

Walter T. Nagamine and Janis N. Garcia Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Plant Pest Control Branch, 1428 S. King St., Honolulu, HI 96822; [email protected], [email protected]

Abstract. First observations of the aphid are recorded from Hawaii, which was found infesting Chinese banyan, Ficus microcarpa, at Kahaluu, Oahu, on January 6, 2011. This is the second species of the Asian genus Greenidea to become established in Hawaii.

Key words: Greenidea ficicola, new state record, Hawaii

A new aphid to the state of Hawaii, ficicolain the United States was in Florida Greenidea ficicola Takahashi, was collect- in 2002. Host plants are restricted to Ficus ed on Chinese banyan (Ficus microcarpa) spp. throughout most of its range, although at Kahaluu, Oahu on January 6th and 11th, in India it has been collected from guava, 2011. At this time, infesting F. Psidium guajava (Halbert 2004). microcarpa were uncommon in Hawaii, In Hawaii, a related species, G. psidii prompting a closer examination of these van Der Goot (= G. formosana Maki), was specimens. Slide-mounted adult aphids first recorded in 1993 infesting leaves of a were submitted to the Systematic Ento- guava tree at the University of Hawaii at mology Laboratory, Agricultural Research Manoa campus (Beardsley 1995). While Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, its geographic distribution is nearly and identified on July 6, 2011 asGreenidea similar to that of G. ficicola (Blackman ficicola Takahashi by Research Entomolo- and Eastop 2000), G. psidii has a wider gists David Adamski and Gary Miller. host range, which includes Myrtaceae, A small population of aphids was found Moraceae (Ficus spp.), Loranthaceae, Ly- infesting the soft, non-woody stems of new thraceae, and Clusiaceae (Halbert 2004). shoot growth that was sprouting from the base of a large banyan tree. There was no Acknowledgments apparent plant damage. Large numbers We thank D. Adamski and G. Miller, of the white-footed ant, Technomyrmex SEL-USDA, for their confirmation of G. albipes Forel, were seen tending to the ficicola, and Cheryl L. Young, Hawaii aphids. No evidence of aphid predation Department of Agriculture, for her iden- or parasitism was found. tification of T. albipes. G. ficicola is an Asian species reported from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Literature Cited eastern Russia, China, Taiwan, Japan, Beardsley, J.W. 1995. Greenidea formosana Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Austra- (Maki), an aphid new to the Hawaiian Is- lia, and Africa (Burundi) (Blackman and lands (Homoptera: Aphididae: Greenidei- Eastop 2000). The first detection of G. nae). Proc. Hawaiian Entomol. Soc. 32: 157–158. 84 Nagamine and Garcia

Live Greenidea ficicola apterous adult (above); alate (below).

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