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-------  phytoplasmas in group 16SrIX .

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* Nugnes F, Laudonia S, Jesu G, Jansen MGM, Bernardo U, Porcelli F (2020) Aleurocanthus spiniferus (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in some European countries: diffusion, hosts, molecular characterization, and natural enemies. Insects 11(1), 42. https://doi.org/10.3390/insects11010042
------- Confirmed host.

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* Boopathi T (2022) New host plants, natural enemy complex and newly distributed potential areas of exotic spiralling whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) in India. Phytoparasitica 50(2), 335-357.

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* Vanoye-Eligio V, Mora-Olivo A, Gaona-García G, Reyes-Zepeda F, Rocandio-Rodríguez M (2017) Mexican fruit fly populations in the semi-arid highlands of the Sierra Madre Oriental in Northeastern Mexico. Neotropical Entomology 46(4), 380-387.

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* Allwood AJ, Chinajariyawong A, Drew RAI., Hamacek EL., Hancock DL., Hengsawad C, Jipanin JC, Jirasurat M, Kong Krong C, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in South East Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology suppl 7, 1-92.

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* Allwood AJ, Chinajariyawong A, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C, Jinapin JC, Jirasurat M, Krong CK, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southeast Asia. The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 47(7), 1-92.

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* Allwood AL, Chinajariyawong A, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C,  Jipanin JC, Jirasurat M, Kong Krong C, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southeast Asia.  Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement, 7, 1-92.

* Beard JJ, Ochoa R, Braswell WE, Bauchan GR (2015) Brevipalpus phoenicis (Geijskes) species complex (Acari: Tenuipalpidae) – a closer look. Zootaxa 3944(1), 67 pp. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3944.1.1

* Vasilyeva EA (1982) Carnation leafroller - a dangerous pest of pomegranate and ornamental plants. Trudy Gos. Nikit. Bot. Sada 87, 54-62 (in Russian).

*Çağlayan K, Kocabağ D, Gazel M, Sipahioğlu HM (2022) Detection and characterization of diverse phytoplasmas in ornamental and cultivated pomegranate species in Turkey. Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology 121, 101891.

* Gazel M, Çağlayan K, Bașpınar H, Mejia JF, Paltrinieri S, Bertaccini A, Contaldo N (2015) Detection and identification of phytoplasmas in pomegranate trees with yellows symptoms. Journal of Phytopathology 164, 136-140.

* Wang DX, Lou Z, Li P, Gao ZH (2002) The main diseases and pests of pomegranate in Huaiyuan area and their control. China Fruits, no. 1, 36-38. In: Review of Agricultural Entomology 91(2), February 2003, abst. 1486, p 232.

* Khaldi M, Barech G, Bendjedou H, Aouari I (2021) First detection and infestation levels of the invasive fruit fly Zaprionus indianus Gupta, 1970 (Diptera: Drosophilidae) in pomegranate orchards from Algeria. African Entomology, 29(1), 173-179.
------- confirmed host.

* Liquido NJ, McQuate GT, Hanlin MA, Suiter KA (2020) Host plants of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), Version 4.0. Available online at: USDA Compendium of Fruit Fly Host Information (CoFFHI), https://coffhi.cphst.org/

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* Hu Y, Luo X, Xu Z, Zhang L, Wang Y, Cui R, Kuang W, Xia Y, Ma J. (2023) First Report of Colletotrichum fructicola Causing Anthracnose on Punica granatum in China. Plant Disease https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-22-2206-SR

* Jabnoun-Khiareddine H, Ibrahim N, Aydi Ben Abdallah1 R, Mars M, Kthiri Z, Daami-Remadi M (2018) First report of Coniella granati causing dieback and fruit rot of pomegranate in Tunisia. New Disease Reports 37, 17. http://dx.doi.org/10.5197/j.2044-0588.2018.037.017

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* Jayanthi PK, Suma A, Sane A, Sreedevi K, Veena NV (2022) First Report of Euplatypus parallelus (Fabricius)(Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Platypodinae) on pomegranate (Punica granatum L.), symptoms of infestation, its attraction to ethanol-baited traps, and niche partitioning with scolytines. The Coleopterists Bulletin 76(1), 70-72.

* García Morales M, Denno BD, Miller DR, Miller GL, Ben-Dov Y, Hardy NB (2016) ScaleNet: A literature-based model of scale insect biology and systematics. Database. doi 10.1093/database/bav118. http://scalenet.info
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* Sosnowski MR, Dinh SQ, Sandow MJ (2020) First report of Eutypa lata causing dieback and wood canker of pomegranate (Punica granatum) in Australia. Plant Disease 104(2), 568. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-09-19-1912-PDN
------- confirmed host.

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------- confirmed host.

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* Barringer L, Ciafré CM (2020) Worldwide feeding host plants of spotted lanternfly, with significant additions from North America. Environmental Entomology 49(5), 999–1011.

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------- Confirmed host in Brazil.

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------- new host.

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------- Confirmed host.

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------- confirmed host.

* Allwood AL, Chinajariyawong A, Drew RAI, Hamacek EL, Hancock DL, Hengsawad C,  Jipanin JC, Jirasurat M, Kong Krong C, Kritsaneepaiboon S, Leong CTS, Vijaysegaran S (1999) Host plant records for fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Southeast Asia.  Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement, 7, 1-92.
------- Confirmed host in Asia.

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