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Leafminers: Exotic threats to Western Australia
Larvae from several families of flies and moths mine leaves of flower and nursery crops. These pests are referred to collectively as leafminers. The most common and damaging species are small flies (family Agromyzidae), especially Liriomyza species that attack many different hosts. The most important threats to the Western Australian horticultural industry are likely to be the Pea/Potato leafminer and the American serpentine leafminer.
Read more on this in the paper linked below by
authors:
John Botha and Darryl Hardie, Department of Agriculture, Western Australia
Ravindra C. Joshi and Nicasio S.
Baucas, Department of Agriculture-Philippine Rice Research Institute
(DA-PhilRice), and Department of Agriculture-Regional Field Unit-Cordillera Administrative Region Cordillera,
(DA-RFU-CAR), Philippines
Paper: Leafminers: Exotic threats to Western Australia
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