The tomato leafminer Tuta absoluta is native to South America where its preferred host crop is the tomato. Tuta absoluta was detected in Europe for the first time in Spain in 2006. Since then, it has rapidly invaded other European countries and spread throughout the Mediterranean basin, including North Africa and the Middle East [1]. The pest found a perfect environment in the Mediterranean reg...

Beginning in 1993, Florida’s citrus industry has been invaded by citrus leafminer (Phyllocnistis citrella Stainton, Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae), brown citrus aphid (Toxoptera citricida Kirkaldy, Homoptera: Aphididae), and the Asian citrus psylla (Diaphorina citri Kuwayama, Homoptera: Psyllidae). The source(s) of these pests remain unknown but other countries in the Caribbean, as well as Centra...

The spread and outbreaks of phytophagous pests are often associated with global warming. In addition to economic interest, these species may be interest in terms biological indication climate changes. this context, we considered the locust digitate leafminer Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863 (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). This phytophage was first discovered Europe 1970 near Milano Italy. Sinc...