Abstract
A description is provided for Melanconis stilbostoma. Information on the host plants (mainly forest trees), geographical distribution (Canada, USA, China, Japan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Eire, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and UK), and dispersal and transmission of the pathogen is presented.