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Dioclea violacea Mart. ex Benth © Alex Popovkin via Wikimedia Commons


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 report on new species of aphids of the Macrosiphini tribe from Kazakhstan, the first report of Caryedes brasiliensis preying on seeds of Dioclea violacea in Brazil and the first report of Peltophorus adustus in Mexico, with two new host associations.

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