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We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Click on the links to view the abstracts.

• A new disease in mango caused by Trichothecium roseum.
  ShiLan, H.; ZengLiang, L.; XiaoMei, L.; YiXian, X.; JinJiPankaj, P.; Sirohi, A.; Jain, R. K.; Singh, K. (2011) Journal of Fruit Science 28 (3), 474-478.
• Discovery of Lobesia botrana ([Denis & Schiffermüller]) in California: an invasive species new to North America (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae).
  Gilligan, T. M.; Epstein, M. E.; Passoa, S. C.; Powell, J. A.; Sage, O. C.; Brown, J. W. (2011) Journal Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113 (1), 14-30.
• Phytomyza omlandi spec. nov. – the first species of Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) reared from the family Gelsemiaceae (Asteridae).
  Scheffer, S. J.; Lonsdale, O. (2011) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113 (1), 42-49.
• Paratylenchus conicephalus sp. n. from Iran with notes on P. similis Khan, Prasad & Mathur, 1967 (Nematoda: Paratylenchinae).
   Berg, E. van den; Eskandari, A.; Tiedt, L. R.; Karegar, A. (2011) Nematology 13 (5), 529-537.
• An assemblage of closteroviruses infects Hawaiian ti (Cordyline fruticosa L.).
  Melzer, M. J.; Sether, D. M.; Borth, W. B.; Mersino, E. F.; Hu, J. S. (2011) Virus Genes 42 (2), 254-260.
• The anastomosis groups of the corn sheath blight pathogen Rhizoctonia spp. in northeastern China.
  Ju, L.; HaiBo, X.; JinFeng, Y. (2011) Mycosystema 30 (3), 392-399.
• Rediscovery of Prasadiseius cocytes (Prasad, 1970) (Acari: Otopheidomenidae) in Neotropical countries.
  Prasad, V. (2011) International Journal of Acarology 37 (4), 347-354.
• Orthotylus (Parapachylops) caprai Wagner, 1955, new record for Iberian Peninsula (Heteroptera, Miridae).
  Goula, M.; Mata, L. (2011) Bulletin de la Société Entomologique de France 116 (2), 177-179.
• Phytomyza omlandi spec. nov. – the first species of Agromyzidae (Diptera: Schizophora) reared from the family Gelsemiaceae (Asteridae).
  Scheffer, S. J.; Lonsdale, O. (2011) Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 113 (1), 42-49.
• New scale insect (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) records from Fiji: three new species, records of several new invasive species and an updated checklist of Coccoidea.
  Hodgson, C. J.; Łagowska, B. (2011) Zootaxa 2766, 29.

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