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Datasheet

Leucoptera coma (coffee leaf miner)

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 20 January 2015
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Pest
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Leucoptera coma
  • Preferred Common Name
  • coffee leaf miner
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Arthropoda
  •             Subphylum: Uniramia
  •                 Class: Insecta
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Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Leucoptera coma Ghesquière

Preferred Common Name

  • coffee leaf miner

International Common Names

  • Spanish: minador de la hoja del cafeto
  • French: chenille mineuse du caféier

EPPO code

  • LEUCCM (Leucoptera coma)

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Metazoa
  •         Phylum: Arthropoda
  •             Subphylum: Uniramia
  •                 Class: Insecta
  •                     Order: Lepidoptera
  •                         Family: Lyonetiidae
  •                             Genus: Leucoptera
  •                                 Species: Leucoptera coma

Distribution Table

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The distribution in this summary table is based on all the information available. When several references are cited, they may give conflicting information on the status. Further details may be available for individual references in the Distribution Table Details section which can be selected by going to Generate Report.

CountryDistributionLast ReportedOriginFirst ReportedInvasiveReferencesNotes

AFRICA

CongoPresentCABI/EPPO, 2005; Decelle, 1962; EPPO, 2014
UgandaPresentLe Pelley, 1968; CABI/EPPO, 2005; EPPO, 2014

Host plants/Plants Affected

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Plant nameFamilyContext
Coffea canephora (robusta coffee)RubiaceaeMain

Natural Enemies

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Natural enemyTypeLife stagesSpecificityReferencesBiological control inBiological control on
AgeniaspisParasiteLarvae/Pupae
Apanteles bordageiParasiteLarvae
Cirrospilus variegatusParasiteLarvae
EulophusParasiteLarvae
Pediobius coffeicolaParasiteLarvae

References

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CABI/EPPO, 2005. Leucoptera coma. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 667. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

Crowe TJ, Greathead DJ, 1970. Parasites of Leucoptera spp. on coffee in East Africa. An annotated list. East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 35:364-371.

Decelle J, 1962. La chenille des feuilles du caféier Robusta, Leucoptera coma Ghesq. Parasitica, 18:177-198.

EPPO, 2014. PQR database. Paris, France: European and Mediterranean Plant Protection Organization. http://www.eppo.int/DATABASES/pqr/pqr.htm

Pelley RH le, 1968. Pests of Coffee. London and Harlow, UK: Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.

Schmutterer H, 1969. Pests of Crops in Northeast and Central Africa with particular reference to the Sudan. Stuttgart, Germany: Gustav Fischer Verlag.

Distribution Maps

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Distribution map Congo: Present
CABI/EPPO, 2005; Decelle, 1962; EPPO, 2014Uganda: Present
Le Pelley, 1968; CABI/EPPO, 2005; EPPO, 2014
  • = Present, no further details
  • = Evidence of pathogen
  • = Widespread
  • = Last reported
  • = Localised
  • = Presence unconfirmed
  • = Confined and subject to quarantine
  • = See regional map for distribution within the country
  • = Occasional or few reports
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Distribution map (africa) Congo: Present
CABI/EPPO, 2005; Decelle, 1962; EPPO, 2014Uganda: Present
Le Pelley, 1968; CABI/EPPO, 2005; EPPO, 2014
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