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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.

• First record of black vine thrips, Retithrips syriacus Mayet, in Tunisia.
  Elimem, M.; Navarro-Campos, C.; Chermiti, B. (2011) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 41 (2), 174-177.
• Ditylenchus gigas n. sp. parasitizing broad bean: a new stem nematode singled out from the Ditylenchus dipsaci species complex using a polyphasic approach with molecular phylogeny.
  Vovlas, N.; Troccoli, A.; Palomares-Rius, J. E.; Luca, F. de; Liébanas, G.; Landa, B. B.; Subbotin, S. A.; Castillo, P. (2011) Plant Pathology 60 (4), 762-775.
• A survey of insect pests damaging vegetable crops in Kashmir Valley (India), with some new records.
  Mohamad, B. D.; Bhagat, R. C.; Qureshi, A. (2011) Journal of Entomological Research 35 (1), 85-91.
• Tephritoid flies (Diptera, Tephritoidea) and their plant hosts from the State of Santa Catarina in southern Brazil.
  Garcia, F. R. M.; Norrbom, A. L. (2011) Florida Entomologist 94 (2), 151-157.
• The first report of Acherontia lachesis (F.) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) infestation on tobacco in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture.
  Imai, T.; Kasaishi, Y.; Harada, H.; Takahashi, R.; Kuramochi, K. (2011) Japanese Journal of Applied Entomology and Zoology 55 (2), 65-67.
• Pyrigemmula, a novel hyphomycete genus on grapevine and tree bark.
  Magyar, D.; Shoemaker, R. A.; Bobvos, J.; Crous, P. W.; Groenewald, J. Z. (2011) Mycological Progress 10 (3), 307-314.
• A new species of Eccopsis Zeller (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae) from the coastal valleys of northern Chile, with the first continental record of E. galapagana Razowski & Landry.
  Vargas, H. A. (2011) Revista Brasileira de Entomologia 55 (2), 216-218.
• Bactrocera invadens (Diptera: Tephritidae), a new invasive fruit fly pest for the Afrotropical region: host plant range and distribution in West and Central Africa.
  Goergen, G.; Vayssières, J. F.; Gnanvossou, D.; Tindo, M. (2011) Environmental Entomology 40 (4), 844-854.
• First report of Raoiella indica (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) in Colombia.
  Carrillo, D.; Navia, D.; Ferragut, F.; Peña, J. E. (2011) Florida Entomologist 94 (2), 370-371.
• Puccinia psidii infecting cultivated Eucalyptus and native myrtaceae in Uruguay.
  Pérez, C. A.; Wingfield, M. J.; Altier, N. A.; Simeto, S.; Blanchette, R. A. (2011) Mycological Progress 10 (3), 273-282.

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