EPPO Global Database

Prodiplosis longifila(PRDILO)

Distribution details in Peru

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2020: Present, no details
First recorded in: 1979
Comments
Initially collected on the central coast, erroneously reported as Contarinia medicaginis. Then it expanded to the entire Peruvian coast and in the Cañete, Moche and Virú valleys and in Chavimochic Irrigation (Diaz-Silva, 2011).
References
* Diaz-Silva F (2011) Aspectos agroecológicos para el manejo integrado de Prodiplosis longifila Gagné en la irrigación de Chavimochic. Escuela de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad de Trujillo, Peru, 93 pp.

* Gagné RJ (1994) The gall midges of the Neotropical region. Cornell University Press (US), 352 pp.

* Gagné RJ, Jaschhof M (2014) A Catalog of the Cecidomyiidae (Diptera) of the World. 3rd Edition. Digital version 2. http://www.ars.usda.gov/SP2UserFiles/Place/80420580/Gagne_2014_World_Cecidomyiidae_Catalog_3rd_Edition.pdf

* INTERNET
Castillo-Valiente J (2010) Prodiplosis longifila in Peru. Presentation made at the Potential Invasive Pests Workshop (Miami, US, 2010-10-10/14) http://conference.ifas.ufl.edu/TSTAR/presentations/Tuesday/pm/4%2020pm%20J%20Castillo.pdf

* Valarezo O, Cañarte E, Navarrete B, Arias M (2003) Diagnóstico, bioecología y manejo sostenible de la negrita P. longifila en el Ecuador. Manual N°51, 95 pp. Iniap, Ecuador.

* Valiente JR, Quispe SP, Tapia WE, Julca-Otiniano AM, Saenz MA, Sanchez TR (2020) Prodiplosis longifila Gagné (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in asparagus (Asparagus officinalis) crop in Chavimochic Irrigation Project. Peruvian Journal of Agronomy 4(3):75-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.21704/pja.v4i3.1645
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Bolivia Absent, invalid record view...
Colombia Present, no details view...
Ecuador Present, no details view...