Hydrellia wirthi

Hydrellia • Ephydridae • Diptera (plant parasitic) • Insects (plant pests) • pests-diseases-weeds

rice leaf damaged by Hydrellia wirthi larvae (an adult is resting on the leaf) (click on image to enlarge it)
Author(s): Boris Castro, Texas A&M University
Source: IPM Images

Hydrellia wirthi Korytkowski - (South American rice miner)

This species of shore fly attacks rice whorls, stems, and leaves in South and Central America.

Publications covering Hydrellia wirthi

Annals of the Entomological Society of America (2006) 99, 999-1005
Wayne N. Mathis, Boris A. Castro, Michael O. Way and Tadeusz Zatwarnicki (2006)
Discovery of the South American rice miner (Diptera: Ephydridae) in southeastern United States

• Other images of Hydrellia wirthi (IPM Images - click to enlarge)
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  pupae

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  infestation on rice seedlings