Leucoptera meyricki (coffee leaf miner)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquière

Preferred Common Name

• coffee leaf miner

International Common Names

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

Local Common Names

• Germany: Miniermotte, Ostafrikanische Kaffee-

EPPO code

• LEUCME (Leucoptera meyricki)

Taxonomic Tree

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

Distribution Table

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.

Host plants/Plants Affected

List of Symptoms

Natural Enemies

References

Abebe M, 1987. Insect pests of coffee with special emphasis on antestia, Antestiopsis intricata, in Ethiopia. In: Insect Science and its Application, 8(4-6). 977-980.

BESS HA, 1964. Populations of the leaf-miner Leucoptera meyricki Ghesq. and its parasites in sprayed and unsprayed coffee in Kenya. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 55:59-82.

BIGGER M, 1969. Partial resistance of arabica coffee to the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera meyricki Ghesq. (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae). East African Agricultural and Forestry Journal, 34(4):441-445 pp.

Bigger M, 1973. An investigation by Fourier analysis into the interaction between coffee leaf-miners and their larval parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology, 42:417-434.

BIGGER M, TAPLEY RG, 1969. Prediction of outbreaks of coffee leaf-miners on Kilimanjaro. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 58(pt. 3):601-617 pp.

Bohlen E, 1973. Crop pests in Tanzania and their control. Berlin, Germany: Verlag Paul Parey.

Bradley JD, 1958. Taxonomic notes on Leucoptera meyricki Ghesquiere and Leucoptera coffeella (Guerin-Meneville) (Lepidoptera, Lyonetiidae). Bulletin of Entomological Research, 49:417-419.

CABI/EPPO, 2005. Leucoptera meyricki. Distribution Maps of Plant Pests, No. 316. Wallingford, UK: CAB International.

CROWE TJ, 1964. Coffee leaf miners in Kenya. I. Species and life histories. Kenya Coffee, 29:173-83.

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

FLOCKEN M, ? 1961. Overseas insecticide problems. The plant protection service in the Central African Republic. 8-15 pp.

Ghesquiere J, 1940. Catalogue raisonée de la faune entomologique du Congo Belge, Lépidoptères, Microlépidoptères. Premiere partie. Annales de la Museum royale du Congo Belge., Congo: Museum royale du Congo Belge.

Hargreaves H, 1925. Report of the Government Entomologist. In: Report of the Department of Agriculture, Uganda, 1924. Uganda: Department of Agriculture, 21-28.

NOTLEY FB, 1948. The Leucoptera leaf miners of coffee on Kilimanjaro. 1. Leu coptera coffeella Guér. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 39:399-416.

NOTLEY FB, 1956. The Leucoptera Leaf Miners of Coffee on Kilimanjaro. II. -Leucoptera caffeina Wshbn. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 46(pt. 4):899-912 pp.

SMEE C, 1927. Rep. Dept., Agric. Nyasaland 1926. Zomba, 13-20 pp.

Tapley RG, 1965. London University PhD Thesis., UK: University of London.

Weaving AJS, 1972. A preliminary screening trial of insecticides for the control of the coffee leaf-miner, Leucoptera meyricki Ghesq. (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), in Rhodesia. Rhodesian Journal of Agricultural Research, 10(1):79-89.

Distribution Maps

• = 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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