. Cooperative economic insect report. Insect pests Control United States Periodicals. European Alfalfa Beetle in the \^''\974 Introduction: The collection of two live adults of European alfalfa beetle (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata;(L.)) in meadowlands near' Hackensack in Bergen County, New Jersey, June 28, 1973, by Jacques were thought to be the first record of this phytophagous coccinellid in the United States. The specimens were determined by Gordon in May 1974. However, an adult found resting on crown vetch (Coronilla varia) near Manada Hill in Dauphin County, Pennsylv
. Cooperative economic insect report. Insect pests Control United States Periodicals. European Alfalfa Beetle in the \^''\974 Introduction: The collection of two live adults of European alfalfa beetle (Subcoccinella vigintiquatuorpunctata;(L.)) in meadowlands near' Hackensack in Bergen County, New Jersey, June 28, 1973, by Jacques were thought to be the first record of this phytophagous coccinellid in the United States. The specimens were determined by Gordon in May 1974. However, an adult found resting on crown vetch (Coronilla varia) near Manada Hill in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1972, by Wheeler, and confirmed by Henry, predated the find in New Jersey as the first record in this country. Distribution: European alfalfa beetle is a phytophagous species in the same subfamily (Epilachninae) as Epilachna varivestis Mulsant (Mexican bean beetle), and has been reported as a serious pest of alfalfa in temperate and southern Europe and in Turkey. Damage has been recorded frequently in England, Germany, Denmark, and France, and has been reported in Italy and Iran. In the United States, this coccinellid has been recorded from one county in Maryland, 6 counties in New Jersey, 3 in Ohio, 19 in Pennsylvania, and 3 counties in West. Virginia. This pest has been intercepted one time in the , on Crataegus sp. for propagation at Hoboken, New Jersey, February 26, 1948, in passenger Distribution of Subcoccinella 24-punctat; Hosts: European alfalfa beetle is a pest principally of alfalfa (lucerne) in Europe,- but apparently it can also live upon other legumes, particularly clover. It has been recorded on 70 species of plants in 12 families including beet, carnation, bouncing bet, cow-wheat, catch-fly, dianthus, and also on dahlia in the Netherlands. To date it has been found feeding only on bouncing bet (Saponaria officinalis) (Fig. 1), campion (Lychnus alba), and oatgrass (Arrhenatherum elatius) in the - 731 -. Please note tha
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