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Amendment of quarantine pest list:The Canadian Food Inspection Agency will amend the quarantine pest list which is based on the result of several pest risk analyses (PRA) and under the authority of the Plant Protection Act. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency notifies to add 27 quarantine pest species as follows:# Scientific name Group1 Anthonomus bisignifer (Schenkling) Coleoptera2 Aphanostigma iaksuiense (Kishida) Hemiptera3 Aphanostigma piri (Cholodkovsky) Hemiptera4 Archips breviplicanus (Walsingham) Lepidoptera5 Archips semistructa (Meyrick) Lepidoptera6 Arge berberidis Schrank Hymenoptera7 Aromia bungii (Faldermann) Coleoptera8 Cacopsylla chinensis (Yang & Li) Hemiptera9 Cacopsylla liaoli (Yang & Li) Hemiptera10 Candidatus Phytoplasma rubi Phytoplasma11 Chrysanthemum stem necrosis tospovirus RNA viruses12 Dendroctonus micans (Kugelann) Coleoptera13 Euzophera bigella (Zeller) Lepidoptera14 Euzophera pyriella (Yang) Lepidoptera15 Grapholita dimorpha Komai Lepidoptera16 Grapholita lobarzewskii (Nowicki) Lepidoptera17 Hylesinus oleiperda (F.) Coleoptera18 Lycorma delicatula (White) Hemiptera19 Mamestra brassicae (Linnaeus) Lepidoptera20 Monilia yunnanensis (M.J. Hu & C.X. Luo) Fungi21 Nippoptilia vitis (Sasaki) Lepidoptera22 Nysius ericae (Schilling) Hemiptera23 Oemona hirta (Fabricius) Coleoptera24 Phloeotribus scarabaeoides Bern. Coleoptera25 Phytomyza gymnostoma Loew Diptera26 Polygraphus proximus Blandford Coleoptera27 Spilonota albicana (Motschulsky) LepidopteraIn addition, the existing entry "Phytophthora spp." is being modified to exclude domestic Phytophthora species and Phytophthora species known to not be of quarantine concern to Canada.Phytophthora spp. except:1) Phytophthora brassicae2) Phytophthora cactorum3) Phytophthora cambivora4) Phytophthora capsici5) Phytophthora cinnamomi6) Phytophthora citricola7) Phytophthora cryptogea8) Phytophthora drechsleri9) Phytophthora erythroseptica10) Phytophthora fragariae11) Phytophthora ilicis12) Phytophthora infestans13) Phytophthora lateralis14) Phytophthora medicaginis15) Phytophthora nicotianae16) Phytophthora pini17) Phytophthora plurivora18) Phytophthora rubi19) Phytophthora sojae20) Phytophthora syringae