Florida Entomologist (2018) 101, 315-316

Marinalva Martins dos Santos, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Isabel Moreira da Silva, Paulo Cezar Rezende Fontes and José Cola Zanuncio (2018)
First record of the sweet potato pest Bedellia somnulentella (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) in Brazil
Florida Entomologist 101 (2), 315-316
Abstract: Bedellia somnulentella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Bedelliidae) is a specialist Convolvulaceae pest. Its larvae damage host plants by mining young and mature leaves. This is the first report of B. somnulentella in the Brazilian territory. This pest was observed on young and mature Ipomoea batatas (L.) (Solanales: Convolvulaceae) leaves in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. This insect alters the leaf appearance due to its mines, changing the leaf color to yellowish-brown, which reduces the photosynthetic area. The presence of B. somnulentella in Brazil makes it necessary to include this insect in pest monitoring programs in sweet potato plantations.
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Database assignments for author(s): Marcus Alvarenga Soares, José Cola Zanuncio

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution
new introduction of pest

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Bedellia somnulentella	Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)	Brazil (south)