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Drimys winteri © Hedwig Storch (Own work)

Drimys winteri © Hedwig Storch (Own work)


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 descriptions of two new species from the subfamily Greenideinae (Hemiptera: Aphididae) from Laos, a report on Megachile leaf-cutter and resin bees of Singapore and a report on the host plant of Cercophana frauenfeldii (Felder) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) in Magallanes, Chile.

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