The Invasive Liriomyza huidobrensis (Diptera: Agromyzidae): Understanding Its Pest Status and Management Globally

Abstract

Liriomyza huidobrensis (Blanchard) is native to South America but has expanded its range and invaded many regions of the world, primarily on flowers and to a lesser extent on horticultural product shipments. As a result of initial invasion into an area, damage caused is usually significant but not necessarily sustained. Currently, it is an economic pest in selected native and invaded regions of the world. Adults cause damage by puncturing abaxial and adaxial leaf surfaces for feeding and egg laying sites. Larvae mine the leaf parenchyma tissues which can lead to leaves drying and wilting. We have recorded 365 host plant species from 49 families and more than 106 parasitoid species. In a subset of the Argentinian data, we found that parasitoid community composition attacking L. huidobrensis differs significantly in cultivated and uncultivated plants. No such effect was found at the world level, probably due to differences in collection methods in the different references. We review the existing knowledge as a means of setting the context for new and unpublished data. The main objective is to provide an update of widely dispersed and until now unpublished data, evaluate dispersion of the leafminer and management strategies in different regions of the world, and highlight the need to consider the possible effects of climate change on further regional invasions or expansions.

Invasion origin, rapid population expansion, and the lack of genetic structure of cotton bollworm (Helicoverpa armigera) in the Americas

“…After the rapid population expansion in South America, H. armigera would have dispersed from South America to the Caribbean region. European origin of the species in Brazil is supported by reports of human‐mediated dispersion via international trade of agricultural products between the Americas and Europe over the past 500 years, trade that has intensified over the last 100 years and much more over the last three decades of globalization (Barbosa et al, ; Biondi, Guedes, Wan, & Desneux, ; di Castri, ; Grapputo, Boman, Lindstroem, Lyytinen, & Mappes, ; Oliveira, Corrêa, Souza, Guedes, & Oliveira, ; Paini et al, ; Weintraub et al, ).…”

Incidence of arthropods and phytotechnical characteristics of lisianthus under different greenhouse conditions

“…This fly is one of the main pests in protected cultivation systems and nurseries, as adults and larvae can cause direct and indirect damage to the plants, resulting in economic losses (Cloyd, 2015). Leafworms (Agromyzidae), although not as frequent in this survey, are identified as important phytophagous species in different Eustoma species (Nakamura et al, 2013;Weintraub et al 2017).…”

Potential for biological control of the vegetable leafminer, Liriomyza sativae (Diptera: Agromyzidae), in Australia with parasitoid wasps

“…Since the early 1990s, there has been a rapid movement of L. sativae and L. huidobrensis eastward through tropical and subtropical areas of Asia. Liriomyza sativae has become the dominant agromyzid pest of vegetables in lowland areas (Andersen et al 2002(Andersen et al , 2008, while L. huidobrensis is the dominant agromyzid pest of vegetables at higher elevations (>1000 m asl) in tropical Asia Tantowijoyo & Hoffmann 2010;Weintraub et al 2017).…”