Data from PestLens biosurveillance articles from 2008-2018, plus genus and country matching lists

Data scraped from an online repository 1,925 articles collected by the biosurveillance program, PestLens (2019) from 2008-2018, and then edited. The 1,612 edited records shown had usable information for report date, pest species taxonomy and type, and country of report. Also included are the genera and country matching lists. PestLens (2019) Preclearance and Offshore Programs, Plant Protection and Quarantine, U.S. Department of Agriculture, and Center for Integrated Pest Management, North Carolina State University. https://pestlens.info/. Accessed April 11, 2019