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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.

The invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris © Ton Rulkens (CC BY-SA licence)

Records this fortnight include Fusarium chlamydosporum causing wilt disease of guava in India, a new record of stored product pest Lepinotus reticulatus from China and the first report of the invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris from New Mexico.

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• First record of Trioza vitreoradiata (Maskell) (Hemiptera: Triozidae) in citrus.
  Nelson, W. (2012) Citrus Research and Technology 33 (1) 35-38.
• Biological and serological diagnosis of Iris yellow spot virus in onion from northern India.
  Pawan Kumar; Poonam Dhawan (2013) Annals of Agri Bio Research 18 (1) 48-54.
• Fusarium chlamydosporum, causing wilt disease of guava (Psidium guajava L.) in India.
  Gupta, V. K.; Misra, A. K. (2012) Archives of Phytopathology and Plant Protection 45 (20) 2425-2428.
• New neotropical species of Opiinae (Hymenoptera, Braconidae) reared from fruit-infesting and leaf-mining Tephritidae (Diptera) with comments on the Diachasmimorpha mexicana species group and the genera Lorenzopius and Tubiformopius.
  Wharton, R.; Ward, L.; Miko, I. (2012) ZooKeys 243, 27-82.
• New distribution and lure records of Dacinae (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Queensland, Australia, and description of a new species of Dacus Fabricius.
  Royer, J. E.; Hancock, D. L. (2012) Australian Journal of Entomology 51 (4) 239-247.
• New record of Paecilomyces lilacinus (Deuteromycota: Hyphomycetes) as an entomopathogenic fungi on slug caterpillar of coconut.
  Rao, N. B. V. C.; Snehalatharani, A.; Emmanuel, N. (2012) Insect Environment 17 (4) 151-153.
• New record of stored product pest Lepinotus reticulatus (Psocoptera: Trogiidae) from China: identification through scanning electron microscopy and DNA barcode.
  Li ZhiHong; Kučerová, Z.; Yang QianQian; Stejskal, V. (2012) African Journal of Biotechnology 11 (88) 15460-15464.
• Chilli bud borer, Goethella asulcatta Girault in Andhra Pradesh.
  Lakshmi, P. V.; Lakshmi, T. V.; Kumari, S. S.; Ramaraju, K.; Naidu, L. N. (2012) Insect Environment 17 (4) 155-156.
• Detection and partial molecular characterization of Grapevine fleck virus, Grapevine virus D, Grapevine leafroll-associated virus-5 and -6 infecting grapevines in Brazil.
  Fajardo, T. V. M.; Eiras, M.; Nickel, O.; Dubiela, C. R.; de Souto, E. R. (2012) Ciência Rural 42 (12) 2127-2130.
• First report of the invasive stink bug Bagrada hilaris (Burmeister) (Heteroptera: Pentatomidae) from New Mexico, with notes on its biology.
  Bundy, C. S.; Grasswitz, T. R.; Sutherland, C. (2012) Southwestern Entomologist 37 (3) 411-414.

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