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 the first report of Spoladea recurvalis in Tunisia and a new record of convolvulus hawk-moth (Agrius convolvuli) from Jehanabad, Bihar.
- The ruderal angiosperms of Coronango municipality, Puebla, Mexico. Flores-Huitzil, E. C.; Coombes, A. J.; Villaseñor, J. L. (2020) Acta Botanica Mexicana (127).
- Biology of newly recorded predator Antilochus coquebertii of red cotton bug, Dysdercus koenigii Fabricius (Hemiptera: Pyrrhocoridae) from Pakistan. Rabia Saeed; Muhammad Naveed; Muhammad Razaq; Muhammad Rafiq; Jan, M. T.; Shah, S. I. A.; Shabana Wazir; Fahad Munir (2020) Pakistan Journal of Zoology 52 (5) 2011-2013.
- New distribution report on the alien species Artemisia verlotiorum lamotte (Asteraceae-anthemideae) from Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Adil Hussain; Hayat, M. Q.; Bokhari, S. A. I. (2020) Pakistan Journal of Weed Science Research 26 (2) 167-178.
- Leucaenicola osmanthi sp. nov. (Bambusicolaceae, Pleosporales), causing leaf spot of Osmanthus fragrans in Taiwan. Ariyawansa, H. A.; Tsai IChen; Hozzein, W. N.; Thambugala, K. M. (2020) Phytotaxa 437 (1) 23-31.
- Experience in the control of invasive weeds in Catalonia from the point of view of its management. Llenes, J. M.; Cónsola, S.; Montull, J. M.; Taberner, A. (2020) ITEA 116 (3) 256-275.
- Trophic connections of leafroller moths (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae) and oaks in Sofia region, Bulgaria. Zaemdzhikova, G. (2020) Ecologica Montenegrina 30 47-59.
- First report of the defoliator moth, Spoladea recurvalis (Fabricius, 1775) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae), in Tunisia. Ehsine, M.; Aoun, F. (2020) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 50 (2) 304-306.
- First record of Ceroplastes japonicus (Gray) (Hemiptera: Coccidae) in Greece and a combined approach of morphological identification and DNA barcoding. Papadopoulou, S.; Kaydan, M.; Manganaris, A.; Loukovitis, D.; Chrysochoidis, C. (2020) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 50 (2) 299-303.
- Definitive confirmation of establishment of Parasaissetia nigra (Nietner) (Hemiptera, Coccidae) in Sicily (Italy), with notes on its association with a new host, Syzygium myrtifolium Walp. Mazzeo, G.; Nucifora, S.; Longo, S. (2020) Bulletin OEPP/EPPO Bulletin 50 (2) 295-298.
- New record of convolvulus hawk-moth Agrius convolvuli (Linnaeus, 1758), (Sphingidae) from Jehanabad, Bihar with its synonymy, distribution, host plants and control measures. Akhlaq Husain; Wajid Hasan (2020) Journal of Experimental Zoology, India 23 (2) 1597-1602.
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