Draeculacephala portola Ball, 1927

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 : 7

Draeculacephala portola Ball

NEW STATE RECORD

Draeculacephala portola Ball was reported from Hawaii in 1959 by Young and Davidson (1959), however, according to Napompeth and Nishida (1974) this was in error. In 1992, Christopher H. Dietrich (Formerly USDA-ARS-SEL, now University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) who published a revision of the genus Draeculacephala , examined Hawaiian specimens. All Hawaii specimens were of D. californica , D. inscripta , and D. minerva , reinforcing the previous misidentification record. The 2012 collection represents a new state record for D. portola .

Collection records: HAWAII, Ninole , 19.XII.2012, ex. Nasturtium officinale foliage, coll. S. Bergfield, det. S.H. McKamey 20.II.2013. Vouchers at HDOA .