First record of Phytomyza rufipes Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Agromyzidae) affecting Canola in Uruguay
Ximena Cibils-Stewart,
Silvina Stewart,
Alejandro Álvarez,
Mario Giambiasi
Affiliations
Ximena Cibils-Stewart
Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Sistema Agrícola-Ganadero
Silvina Stewart
Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria, Sistema Agrícola-Ganadero
Alejandro Álvarez
Unión Rural de Flores
Mario Giambiasi
Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Sistema Vegetal Intensivo, Estación Salto Grande (Biotecnología, Camino al Terrible S/N) Salto, Uruguay.
The leafminer Phytomyza rufipes Meigen, 1830 (Diptera, Agromyzidae) is an oligophagous pest of plants of the family Cruciferae. These include Canola, Brassica napus L. We report the record of P. rufipes in Uruguay, which is confirmed through molecular characterization using DNA barcoding. Characteristic dam-age symptoms and immature stages of the pest were first confirmed on a Canola crop in Flores, Uruguay.
