Perileucoptera coffeella
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Perileucoptera coffeella (click on image to enlarge it)
Authors: CBG Photography Group
Source: BOLD Systems
Authors: CBG Photography Group
Source: BOLD Systems
Perileucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville, 1842) - (white coffee leaf miner)
This moth is native to Africa and has been introduced into in South - and Central America, where it mines the leaves of coffee trees (its only host). The adults have a wing-span of about 6-7 mm and are silvery white. They lay their eggs on the surface of coffee leaves and the hatching larvae bore into the leaves forming the mines. P. coffeella has a short life cycle and the larval stages last only about 10 days. Up to 12 generations can develop in a year.
Synonyms:
Leucoptera coffeella
| Vernacular names | |
|---|---|
| • English: | white coffee leaf miner |
| • Español: | minador de la hoja del cafeto |
| • Français: | teigne de cafétier |
| • Português: | bicho-mineiro-do-cafeeiro mariposa-do-café |
For a review see Dantas et al. (2021).
