First report of Atherigona reversura Villeneuve, 1936 (Diptera, Muscidae) in Uruguay

We present the first record of Atherigona reversura Villeneuve, 1936 in Uruguay, from Pando, Canelones department a rural area used for livestock. Atherigona reversura, this muscid, commonly known as shoot-fly, is a significant pest of cereal crops throughout the Old World tropics and subtropics and...

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Autores: Remedios De León, Mónica, Patitucci, Luciano Damián, Morelli, Enrique
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/153184
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/153184
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BERMUDAGRASS STEM MAGGOT
CROP PEST
CYNODON DACTYLON
DISTRIBUTION
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Sumario:We present the first record of Atherigona reversura Villeneuve, 1936 in Uruguay, from Pando, Canelones department a rural area used for livestock. Atherigona reversura, this muscid, commonly known as shoot-fly, is a significant pest of cereal crops throughout the Old World tropics and subtropics and its main host is Bermudagrass, Cynodon dactylon L.Pers., an exotic species which is widely distributed in South America and in Uruguay and has economic value as forage for livestock and is damaged by the feeding of A. reversura larvae.