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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. Records this fortnight include a new insect pest, Cyrtozemia dispar, on peanut in India, the presence of the entomopathogenic fungus Pandora neoaphidis in Argentina and the first record of Tuta absoluta in Tanzania.

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• First record of tomato leaf miner Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) in Tanzania.
  Chidege, M.; Al-Zaidi, S.; Hassan, N.; Julie, A.; Kaaya, E.; Mrogoro, S. (2016) Agriculture and Food Security 5 (17) (12 August 2016).
• Presence of the entomopathogenic fungus Pandora neoaphidis Humber in the Southwest Region of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
  Frayssinet, S. R.; Turovsky, J. B.; Descamps, L. R.; Sánchez Chopa, C. (2016) Entomotropica 31 (30) 244-247.
• Aponychus corpuzae Rimando 1966 (Acari: Tetranychidae) a new non-European species of spider mite on bamboo in Croatia.
  Šimala, M.; Seljak, G.; Pintar, M.; Milek, T. M. (2016) Glasilo Biljne Zaštite 16 (4) 391-396.
• Biological characteristics of basella leaf spot pathogen – a new disease in China.
  Mao TingTing; Zhao XingLi; Zhao DaiLin; Tao Gang (2016) Journal of Fungal Research 14 (2) 113-117.
• The powdery mildews and rust fungi of grassland plant in Altay Prefecture in Xinjiang (I).
  Wang LiLi; Li KeMei; Zhao ZhenYu; Riziwangguli; Xu GuangQing; Wu LeNian (2016) Journal of Fungal Research 14 (2) 81-85.
• Bryobia abyssiniae (Prostigmata: Tetranychidae), a new species from the highlands of Ethiopia.
  Fashing, N. J.; Ueckermann, E. A.; Fashing, P. J.; Nga Nguyen; Back, A. M.; Allison, L. A. (2016) International Journal of Acarology 42 (7) 366-376.
• Contribution to the smut fungi of Greece.
  Denchev, T. T.; Denchev, C. M. (2016) Willdenowia 46 (2) 233-244.
• Two genera and nineteen species of fruit-feeding erebid moths (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) recorded in Cameroon for the first time.
  Maicher, V.; Sáfián, S.; Ishmeal, K. N.; Murkwe, M.; Kimbeng, T. J.; Janeček, Š.; Tropek, R. (2016) Entomological News 126 (1) 64-70.
• Cyrtozemia dispar Pascoe (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) – a new insect pest on peanut in India.
  Thirumalaisamy, P. P.; Vennila, S.; Nataraja, M. V.; Harish, G.; Poonam Jasrotia; Ramamurthy, V. V. (2016) Entomological News 126 (1) 12-18.
• Record of Bracon hebetor Say (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) on Helicoverpa armigera (Hübner) in chickpea.
  Hem Saxena; Duraimurugan, P. (2009) Journal of Biological Control 23 (2) 191-192.

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