Neosilba pendula (cassava shoot fly)

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Neosilba pendula (Bezzi)

Preferred Common Name

• cassava shoot fly

Other Scientific Names

• Carpolonchaea pendula (Bez.)
• Lonchaea pendula Bez.
• Silba pendula (Bez.)

International Common Names

• Spanish: mosca azul; mosca de la yuca; mosca del cogollo; mosca del cogoyo-yuca
• Portuguese: mosca da mandioca

Local Common Names

• Germany: Fliege, Cassavetriebspitzen-

EPPO code

• CAROPE (Silba pendula)

Taxonomic Tree

• Domain: Eukaryota
•     Kingdom: Metazoa
•         Phylum: Arthropoda
•             Subphylum: Uniramia
•                 Class: Insecta
•                     Order: Diptera
•                         Family: Lonchaeidae
•                             Genus: Neosilba
•                                 Species: Neosilba pendula

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

References

Camargos MG, Alvarenga CD, Giustolin TA, Strikis PC, 2011. Frugivorous flies (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) in irrigated coffee plantations in the north of Minas Gerais State, Brazil. (Moscas frugívoras (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) em cafezais irrigados no norte de Minas Gerais.) Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo), 78(4):615-617. http://www.biologico.sp.gov.br/docs/arq/v78_4/camargos.pdf

Dias Nda S, Broglio SMF, Santos DS, Santos JMdos, Strikis PC, 2012. First record of Neosilba (Diptera: Lonchaeidae) on Jatropha curcas L. in Brazil. Arquivos do Instituto Biológico (São Paulo), 79(3):423-424. http://www.biologico.sp.gov.br/docs/arq/v79_3/dias.pdf

Schotman CYL, 1989. Plant pests of quarantine importance to the Caribbean. RLAC-PROVEG, No. 21:80 pp.

Uchôa MA, Nicácio J, 2010. New records of neotropical fruit flies (Tephritidae), lance flies (Lonchaeidae) (Diptera: Tephritoidea), and their host plants in the south Pantanal and adjacent areas, Brazil. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 103(5):723-733. http://docserver.ingentaconnect.com/deliver/connect/esa/00138746/v103n5/s5.pdf?expires=1285569039&id=0000&titleid=10263&checksum=609A413DBDABE85FB1B77A5289B3A5EB

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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