Phytoliriomyza jacarandae(PLIRJA)
Distribution details in Italy
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated
2007: Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 743 (2010): Present, no details
From CABI Pest map 743 (2010): Present, no details
EPPO Reporting Service (2009/071) : first found in Sicilia in 2006 during a study on ornamental plants in parks and botanical gardens. The first specimens were collected from Catania, Messina, and Palermo. In 2007, it was also in Alassio, in Liguria.
* Bella S, Mazzeo G, Süss L (2007) First record for the European fauna of Phytoliriomyza jacarandae Steyskal & Spencer, 1978 (Diptera Agromyzidae) leafminer of Jacaranda mimosifolia D. Don. (Bignoniaceae). Bollettino di Zoologia Agraria e di Bachicoltura, Serie II 39(1), 75-78.