Report on miscellaneous cotton insects in Texas /

Seasonal Patterns of FemaleHomalodisca coagulata(Say) (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae) Reproductive Physiology in Riverside, California

“…The occurrence of two to three generations per year is in agreement with literature on H. coagulata generations in Florida (Alderz 1980), Georgia (Turner and Pollard 1959), Texas (Sanderson 1905), and previous accounts in southern California (Blua et al 1999). Thus, ovarian ranking seems to be a reliable method for characterizing seasonal patterns of H. coagulata reproduction.…”

“…It is reported to have two generations per year in Florida (Alderz 1980) and in southern California (Blua et al 1999). A third generation was reported to occur on occasion in Texas (Sanderson 1905) and Georgia (Turner and Pollard 1959).…”

The soapberry bug, Jadera haematoloma (Insecta, Hemiptera, Rhopalidae): First Asian record, with a review of bionomics

“…Jadera haematoloma : Stål 1862: 307 (listed), Stål 1870: 226 (listed, distribution, variability), Walker 1871: 145 (listed, distribution), Uhler 1872: 404 (distribution), Glover 1876: 43 (listed, habitus), Uhler 1876: 302 (distribution, wing polymorphism), Distant 1882: 173 (habitus, record, distribution), Provancher 1886: 65 (listed), Berg 1892: 104 (records, distribution), Distant 1893: 378 (records), Lethierry and Severin 1894: 124 (catalogue, distribution), Uhler 1894: 237 (records), Gillette and Baker 1895: 21 (listed), Distant 1901: 540 (synonymy), Sanderson 1905: 21 (host plant, economic importance), Barber 1906: 272 (record, wing polymorphism, distribution), Sanderson 1906: 47 (record, host plant, aggregation, oviposition), Snow 1906: 152 (record), Van Duzee 1909: 163 (record), Van Duzee 1916: 15 (listed), Van Duzee 1917: 127 (catalogue, distribution), Barber 1923: 23 (record, wing polymorphism, distribution), Van Duzee 1923: 136 (records), Blatchley 1926: 286 (in key, redescription, records, wing polymorphism), Deay 1928: 400 (original description translated, figures of male genitalia, records), Torre-Bueno 1930: 107 (record), Torre-Bueno 1931: 137 (record), Harris 1937: 172 (records), Brimley 1938: 65 (record), Torre-Bueno 1941: 101 (in key, distribution), Froeschner 1942: 596 (diagnosis), 604 (records, phenology), Barber and Bruner 1947: 88 (record), Sherman 1948: 17 (record), Drew and Schaefer 1963: 113 (in key), 120 (distribution, habitus, host plant), Schaefer 1965: 10 (listed, morphology, wing, abdomen, male and female genitalia, figures), Alayo 1967: 35 (in key), 36 (diagnosis, records), Chopra 1967: 365 (listed, figures of male genitalia), Davis 1969: 274 (record, distribution, host plant, aggregation), Gagné 1971a: 3 (record, host plant), Gagné 1971b: 24 (record, host plant, feeding), Hepburn and Yonke 1972 (morphology and figure of metathoracic scent gland), Schaefer 1977: 287 (genital capsule, figure), Grillo and Alayo 1978: 61 (records), 62 (in key), Schaefer 1978: 660 (listed, genital capsule), Slater and Baranowski 1978: 68 (diagnosis, habitus, distribution), Aldrich et al 1979: 324 (host plant, laboratory rearing, chemical ecology), Göllner-Scheiding 1979: 57 (redescription, lectotype designation, genitalia, figures, distribution), Ueshima 1979: 73 (karyotype), …”

“…These records pertain to incidental occurrences (resting specimens) and do not imply feeding associations (Carroll and Loye 1987, Aldrich et al 1990b). The records of Jadera haematoloma feeding and even causing slight damage on bolls of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L., Malvaceae) in Texas (Sanderson 1905, 1906) and Oklahoma (Drew and Schaefer 1963) are also doubtful.…”

Late Season Beet Armyworm (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Infestations on Cotton: Defoliation, Fruit Damage, and Yield Loss

“…The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hiibner), has been an occasional pest of cotton in the U.S. since the early 1900s (Sanderson 1905) causing damage primarily as a defoliator (Smith 1989, Leser et al 1996. Injury to cotton associated with beet armyworm has traditionally been feeding on the foliage and flower buds, as well as etching on the bracts of fruiting forms (Smith 1989).…”