Aceria guerreronis Keifer, 1965

Matsunaga, Janis N., Howarth, Francis G. & Kumashiro, Bernarr R., 2019, New State Records and Additions to the Alien Terrestrial Arthropod Fauna in the Hawaiian Islands, Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society 51 (1), pp. 1-71 : 3-4

Aceria guerreronis Keifer

NEW STATE RECORD

Although this species was recorded on Maui as far back as 1991, this identification was based on associated host plant damage to coconut fruit. Since then, this eriophyid has reached Oahu in 2002, Molokai in 2014, and Kauai in 2016. A morphological identification was finally provided by E. McDonald in 2016.

Collection records: MAUI, Lahaina , 1.VII.1991, ex. Cocos nucifera fruit, coll. D. Tsuda, det. B. Kumashiro. OAHU, Nanakuli, 15.IX.2000, ex. C. nucifera fruit, coll. L. Nakahara & R. Heu. MOLOKAI, Kalamaula, 10.XII.2014, ex. C. nu-

cifera fruit, coll. L. Buchanan, det. B. Kumashiro, 21.XII.2014.

KAUAI, Kilauea, 11.I.2016, ex. C. nucifera fruit, coll. R. Ward, det. E. McDonald .