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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.

• Wild host plants of four spider mite species (Acari: Tetranychidae) infesting fruit crops in Okinawa.
  Ohno, S.; Miyagi, A.; Gotoh, T.; Ganaha-Kikumura, T.; Shiromoto, K.; Kijima, K.; Ooishi, T. (2011) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14 (3), 281-284.
• New record of Illinoia liriodendri (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Korea: North American exotic on tulip tree, Liriodendron tulipifera.
  Kim HyoJoong; Choi HwaLran; Ji JungYoun; Jang YikWeon; Lee SeungHwan (2011) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14 (3), 277-280.
• Three new species of the genus Pseudotelphusa Janse, 1958 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from North America.
  Lee, S. (2011) Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology 14 (3), 299-303.
• Buakea (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), a new genus of African stem borers: morphological, ecological and molecular data.
  Moyal, P.; Rü, B. le; Conlong, D.; Cugala, D.; Defabachew, B.; Matama-Kauma, T.; Pallangyo, B.; Berg, J. van den (2011) African Entomology 19 (1), 23-35.
• First report of the Q biotype of Bemisia tabaci in Argentina and Uruguay.
  Grille, G.; Gauthier, N.; Buenahora, J.; Basso, C.; Bonato, O. (2011) Phytoparasitica 39 (3), 235-238.
• Poophilus costalis Walker (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Aphrophoridae): a possible constraint to commercial exploitation of Lavendula angustifolia Mill in Kashmir Himalaya with affinity for C3 photosynthetic plants.
  Saini, M. S.; Nakeer Razak; Irfan Ahmad (2011) Journal of Medicinal Plants Research 5 (11), 2278-2282.
• Damage of coffee bean weevil (Araecerus fasciculatus De Geer) on its new host Jatropha curcas L.
  Wu YueKai; Chen BoTao; Ou GuoTeng (2011) Plant Diseases and Pests 2 (2), 22-24.
• The cocoideos (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Coccoidea) present in the Cordillera de Guaniguanico, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, and the relationship with their hosts.
  Novoa, N. M.; Hamon, A.; Evans, G.; Kondo, T.; Oliver, P. H.; Marrero, A. H.; Alonso, A. A. (2011) Insecta Mundi 0183, 1-25.
• A new species of armored scale, Mycetaspis ailynaomi (Hemiptera, Diaspididae, Aspidiotinae), associated with Mammea americana L. (Malpighiales, Calophyllaceae) from Puerto Rico.
  Dones, R. A.; Evans, G. A. (2011) Zookeys 108, 1-10.
• Consistent association of fungus Fusarium mangiferae Britz with mango malformation disease in Pakistan.
  Zafar Iqbal; Sohail Hameed; Naeem Akhtar; Pervez, M. A.; Salman Ahmad; Muhammad Yasin; Muhammad Asif; Dasti, A. A.; Ahmad Saleem (2011) African Journal of Biotechnology 10 (27), 5286-5290.

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