This month’s pest alerts include a report on a new root-knot nematode species parasitizing Robusta coffee in Vietnam (Ā©Ā Pexels)
We’ve selected a few of the latest new geographic, host and species records for plant pests and diseases from CAB Abstracts. Records this month include a report on a new root-knot nematode parasite on coffee in Vietnam, a report on a new variant of the moth Cyana peregrina Walker in India and a report on new invasive leafhopper and planthopper species in the Netherlands.
- New host records of polyphagous Lepidoptera on Ban OakĀ Quercus leucotrichophoraĀ A. Camus (Fabaceae) in the Garhwal Himalaya, India.Ā Singh, A. P.; Kalpana Bahuguna; Ramola, G. C. (2019) Journal of Threatened Taxa 11 (5) 13579-13591.
- A new root-knot nematode,Ā Meloidogyne moensiĀ n. sp. (Nematoda: Meloidogynidae), parasitizing Robusta coffee from Western Highlands, Vietnam.Ā Le, T. M. L.; Nguyen, T. D.; Nguyen, H. T.; Liebanas, G.; Nguyen, T. A. D.; Trinh, Q. P. (2019) Helminthologia 56 (3) 229-246.
- Some beetle species new to the Swedish fauna.Ā FƤgerstrƶm, C. (2019) Entomologisk Tidskrift 140 (1) 73-79.
- Remarkable records of Macrolepidoptera in Sweden 2018.Ā Palmqvist, G. (2019) Entomologisk Tidskrift 140 (1) 19-26.
- Remarkable records of Microlepidoptera in Sweden during 2018.Ā Bengtsson, B. Ēŗ. (2019) Entomologisk Tidskrift 140 (1) 1-18.
- Five leafhoppers and one planthopper new for the Netherlands (Homoptera: Auchenorrhyncha: Cicadellidae & Tettigometridae).Ā Bieman, C. F. M. den; Haas, M. de (2019) Entomologische Berichten 79 (4) 147-153.
- Reporting of a new population variant ofĀ Cyana peregrinaĀ Walker (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini).Ā Navneet Singh; Kirti, J. S.; Datta, H. S. (2019) Journal of Entomological Research 43 (2) 195-198.
- First record and redescription ofĀ GleneaĀ (Stiroglenea)Ā cantorĀ (Fabricius, 1782) (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) from Kerala, South India.Ā Namboodiri, M. P. S.; Ghosh, S. M. (2019) Journal of Entomological Research 43 (2) 193-194.
- New record of host plants ofĀ Myllocerus viridanusĀ Fabricius (Coleoptera: Curculionidae), a major polyphagous pest from Kerala, India.Ā Rajan, N. R.; Ghosh, S. M. (2019) Journal of Entomological Research 43 (2) 189-192.
- Euproctis subnotataĀ (Walker), a new record on inflorescence ofĀ Lantana camaraĀ in Madhya Pradesh.Ā Mishra, V. K.; Mahima Tripathi; Nitin Kulkarni (2019) Indian Forester 145 (4) 406-407.
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