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------- In Minas Gerais state, Brazil.
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------- Musa ’Ae Ae’
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--------- In laboratory experiments conducted in Indonesia, banana was found to be a suitable host, which could serve as an alternate host (to maize).
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------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
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------- confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
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------- confirmed host.
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------- Confirmed host for R. syzygii subsp. celebesensis.
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----- The record for Musa originates from the description of Argyroploce torticornis published by Meyrick in 1931, but the specimens’ labels indicate collection on cocoa. Musa or Musa acuminata are repeated in many publications, but this is considered as an error perpetuated from Meyrick 1931.
