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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>An unusual observation of <jats:italic>Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominalis</jats:italic> (Sasaki) causing damage to a banana plant in a glasshouse is reported. The association of 3 other <jats:italic>Rhopalosiphum</jats:italic> spp. with damage to bananas is noted, including a name correction for an aphid reported by Magee (1940) as a vector of banana mosaic virus.</jats:p>