American grape leafminer, Phyllocnistis vitegenella Clemens (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae): New species in Serbia

Abstract

During September 2019, for the first time in Serbia, American grape leaf miner (Phyllocnistis vitegenella, Clemens, 1859) has been recorded on grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.), in Neštin area. This species originates from North America. It has been introduced to Europe in 1995, when it was firstly recorded in Italy. After that it spread into a couple of European countries. The damages are caused by larvae which feed on the leaf tissue and form snake shaped mines. This causes the reduction of assimilation area. As the development finishes, larva forms a pupa at the end of the mine, from which an adult eclodes. Phyllocnistis vitegenella is a new species to the fauna of Serbia.

U septembru 2019. godine u Srbiji je prvi put utvrđen miner vinove loze (Phyllocnistis vitegenella, Clemens, 1859) (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) na vinovoj lozi (Vitis vinifera L.) u Neštinu. Ova vrsta je poreklom iz Severne Amerike, a u Evropu je introdukovana 1995. godine, kada je prvi put registrovana u Italiji, a potom i u nizu evropskih zemalja. Oštećenja prouzrokuju larve hraneći se lisnim tkivom i obrazujući mine zmijolikog oblika, čime se smanjuje asimilaciona površina lista. Po završenom razviću, larva na kraju mine obrazuje lutku iz koje eklodira imago. Phyllocnistis vitegenella je nova vrsta u fauni Srbije.