EPPO Global Database

Phytomyza gymnostoma(NAPOGY)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2022: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2015
Pest status declared by NPPO: Present: not widely distributed and under official control (2023-08)
Comments
First found in December 2015 in Pennsylvania. Then also in New York and New Jersey.

Official measures to prevent entry in California, Idaho, Oregon, Texas (2023-09).
References
* Barringer LE, Fleischer SJ, Roberts D, Spichiger SE, Elkner T (2018) The first North American record of the Allium leafminer. Journal of Integrated Pest Management 9(1), 1-8.
------- First record.

* IPPC website. Official Pest Reports- USA (USA-271/1 of 2023-08-16) APHIS Approves Texas FRSMP Petition for Phytomyza gymnostoma (Allium Leafminer) https://www.ippc.int/fr/countries/united-states-of-america/pestreports/2023/08/aphis-approves-texas-frsmp-petition-for-phytomyza-gymnostoma-allium-leafminer/

* Nault BA, Iglesias LE, Harding RS, Grundberg EA, Rusinek T, Elkner TE, Lingbeek BJ, Fleischer SH (2020) Managing Allium leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae): An emerging pest of Allium crops in North America. Journal of Economic Entomology 113(5), 2300–2309. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toaa128

* Nault BA, Sandhi RK, Harding RS, Grundberg EA, Rusinek T (2022) Optimizing Spinosyn Insecticide Applications for Allium Leafminer (Diptera: Agromyzidae) Management in Allium Crops. Journal of Economic Entomology 115(2), 618-623.