Volume 39 - December 2007 : Hawaiian Entomological Society

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Absence of the quarantine pest Elytroteinus subtruncatus in East Hawaii sweetpotato fields

Follett, Peter A.; Alontaga, Dorothy; Tom, Ron; Weinert, Eric D.; Tsuda, Dick; Kinney, Kealoha (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Hawaii is unable to export its unique varieties of sweetpotatoes without quarantine treatment against four high-risk internal pests: West Indian sweetpotato weevil, Euscepes postfasciatus, sweetpotato vine borer, Omphisa ...
Alien invaders in Hawaii: prospects for remediation using biological control.

Messing, Russell H. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

In this short paper I will review both the positive and negative factors affecting the prospects for biological control in Hawaii, and will give some concrete recommendations for improving these prospects given ...
Behavioral response of the Formosan subterranean termite to borate-treated wood.

Campora, Cory E; Grace, J Kenneth (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Foragers of the Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki, were allowed to tunnel in two dimensional, sand filled arenas containing Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii [Mirb.] Franco) wafers pressure ...
Biological control of tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii with special reference to the newly discovered egg-larval parasitoid, Fopius ceratitivorus (Wharton)

Bokonon-Ganta, Aimé H; Wang, Xin-geng; Messing, Russell H (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Fopius ceratitivorus Wharton is the most recently imported parasitoid for biological control of tephritid fruit flies in Hawaii. In this paper we summarize current progress on studies of this parasitoid under quarantine ...
Bugs in bugs: the microbial diversity of the termite gut.

Husseneder, Claudia; Wise, Billy R.; Higashiguchi, Dennis T. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

The Formosan subterranean termite, Coptotermes formosanus Shiraki (Isoptera: Rhinotermitidae), is dependent on its microbial gut community. The gut flora consists of three species of protists and an unknown number of ...
Circling the wagons: agriculturalists and conservation biologists must cooperate to protect endemic Hawaiian invertebrate diversity and control invasive species.

Rubinoff, Daniel (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Conservation of native Hawaiian insects and suppression of invasive species are intrinsically connected propositions. The isolation of the Hawaiian Islands has produced a large endemic insect fauna that is ill equipped ...
Community education for better termite control in Hawaii.

Grace, J Kenneth; Yates III, Julian R; Aihara-Sasaki, Maria; Lillich, Georgina (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

We describe a program initiated in fall 2001 in Hawaii’s public schools to increase both student and community awareness and knowledge of effective termite prevention and management. Program staff spend approximately 15 ...
A comparison of moth diversity at Kilauea (1911–1912) and Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve (1998–2000), Island of Hawaii

Giffon, Jon D. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

A group of entomologists inventoried and recorded moths at Kilauea on the Island of Hawaii almost a century ago. I conducted similar surveys 86 years later in the nearby Upper Waiakea Forest Reserve (UWFR). Results of ...
Current and potential ant impacts in the Pacific Region

Loope, Lloyd L.; Krushelnycky, Paul D. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Worldwide, ants are a powerful ecological force, and they appear to be dominant components of animal communities of many tropical an temperate ecosystems in terms of biomass and numbers of individuals. However, the biotas ...
Current and potential impacts of mosquitoes and the pathogens they vector in the Pacific Region.

LaPointe, Dennis A. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Mosquitoes and the pathogens they transmit are ubiquitous throughout most of the temperate and tropical regions of the world. The natural and pre-European distribution and diversity of mosquitoes and mosquito-borne ...
Effect of irradiation on the longevity and reproduction of Pheidole megacephala (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens

Follett, Peter A.; Taniguchi, Glenn (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Irradiation is a quarantine treatment option to control ants and other hitchhiker pests on fresh horticultural products exported from Hawaii. The radiotolerance of the bigheaded ant, Pheidole megacephala (F.), was studied ...
Efficacy of localized chemical treatments for Cryptotermes brevis (Isoptera: Kalotermitidae) in naturally infested lumber.

Woodrow, R Joseph; Grace, J Kenneth (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Localized injection of insecticides into termite galleries in infested wood represents an alternative to whole-structure fumigation for drywood termite control. The efficacy of this method is limited, however, by the use ...
Evaluation of a Single-Matrix Food Attractant Tephritid Fruit Fly Bait Dispenser for Use in Federal Trap Detection Programs

Jang, Eric B.; Holler, Tim C.; Moses, Amy L.; Salvato, Mark H.; Fraser, Suzzane (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

The use of synthetic food attractant lures for Tephritid fruit fly trapping is presently being incorporated into U.S. state and federal detection programs. These lures consist of ammonium acetate, trimethylamine hydrochloride ...
Exploits of some famous entomologists of the Hawaiian Entomological Society.

Easton, Emmett R (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)
Exposure to ginger root oil decreases capture of male Mediterranean fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Trimedlure-baited traps

Shelly, Todd E; Edu, James; Pahio, Elaine (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Detection programs for pestiferous tephritid fruit flies rely on traps baited with either natural or synthetic food substances, or so-called male lures. While studies on several tephritid species have demonstrated that ...
First record of the endemic Hawaiian scale Colobopyga pritchardiae (Hemiptera: Halimococcidae) on the Island of Hawaii

Neumann, Gabor; Hollingsworth, Robert G.; Follett, Peter A. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Colobopyga pritchardiae (Stickney 1934) (Hemiptera: Halimococcidae), an endemic Hawaiian scale insect associated with Pritchardia sp. was recorded for the first time on the Big Island. Notes on sites of collection, ...
Fruit flies and their impact on agriculture in Hawaii.

Jang, Eric B. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Tephritid fruit flies were among the early invasive insects to the Hawaiian Islands. These agricultural pests have had a major impact on Hawaii’s agriculture, reducing the types, quantities and quality of agricultural ...
Glassy-winged sharpshooter transmission of Xylella fastidiosa to plants

Almeida, Rodrigo P P (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Xylella fastidiosa is a xylem limited bacterium that causes disease in many plants. Insect dissemination of X. fastidiosa is only possible by xylem-feeding vectors belonging to the subfamily Cicadellinae (Hemiptera, ...
The Hawaii fruit fly area-wide pest management program: accomplishments and future directions.

Vargas, Roger I.; Mau, Ronald L.; Jang, Eric B. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Melon fly, Bactrocera cucurbitae (Coquillett), Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), oriental fruit fly Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel), and the so-called Malaysian (solanaceous) fruit fly, Bactrocera ...
Learning from quarantine successes.

Hollingsworth, Robert G.; Loope, Lloyd L. (Hawaiian Entomological Society, 2007-12)

Among U.S. states, Hawaii stands out for it's very high rate of colonization by non-indigenous species. Hawaii's need for prevention and management of invasive species are arguably greater than for the rest of the United ...