A Comprehensive Review of the Coffee Leaf Miner Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)—A Major Pest for the Coffee Crop in Brazil and Others Neotropical Countries

The coffee leaf miner (CLM) Leucoptera coffeella moth is a major threat to coffee production. Insect damage is related to the feeding behavior of the larvae on the leaf. During the immature life stages, the insect feeds in the mesophyll triggering necrosis and causing loss of photosynthetic capacity, defoliation and significant yield loss to coffee crops. Chemical control is used to support the coffee production chain, though market requirements move toward conscious consumption claiming for more sustainable methods. In this overview, we discuss aspects about the CLM concerning biology, history, geographical distribution, economic impacts, and the most relevant control strategies in progress. Insights to develop an integrated approach for a safer and eco-friendly control of the CLM are discussed here, including bio-extracts, nanotechnology, pheromones, and tolerant cultivars.

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A Comprehensive Review of the Coffee Leaf Miner Leucoptera Coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), With Special Regard to Neotropical Impacts, Pest Management and Control

10.20944/preprints202010.0629.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Juliana Dantas ◽

Isabela Motta ◽

Leonardo Vidal ◽

João Bílio ◽

Júlia M. Pupe ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Control Strategies ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Integrate Approach ◽

Coffee Production ◽

Production Chain ◽

Market Requirements ◽

Significant Yield ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner ◽

And Control

The coffee leaf miner (CLM) Leucoptera coffeella moth is a major threat to coffee production. Insect damage is related to the feeding behavior of the larvae on the leaf. During the immature life stages, the insect feeds in the mesophyll, triggering necrosis and causing loss of photosynthetic capacity, defoliation, and significant yield loss to coffee crops. Chemical control is mandatory to sustain the coffee production chain, though market requirements move towards conscious consumption, claiming for more sustainable methods. In this overview, we discuss aspects about the CLM concerning biology, history, geographical distribution, economic impacts, and the most relevant control strategies in progress. Insights to develop an integrate approach for a safer and eco-friendly control of the CLM are discussed, including bio-extracts, nanotechnology, pheromones, and tolerant cultivars.

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From Basic to Applied Knowledge: Larval Development and Sex Morphology to Control Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

10.20944/preprints202012.0083.v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Isabela Motta ◽

Juliana Dantas ◽

Leonardo Vidal ◽

João Bilio ◽

José Roberto Pujol-Luz ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Larval Development ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Larval Instar ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Morphological Description ◽

Larval Instars ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner ◽

Synthetic Approaches ◽

Applied Knowledge

The coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Mèneville & Perrottet), is a key pest in coffee producing countries. During their development, the larvae feed on the palisade parenchyma of the leaves forming mines. As a result, the photosynthetic area of the plant decreases, affecting coffee production. Despite the severity of the damage caused by coffee leaf miner (CLM), morphological aspects of the larval development and the adult genitalia remain unknown. It is important to identify more susceptible targets to an efficient and narrow control by natural or synthetic approaches, relies on determining the larval instars. Equally important is the sexing of the adult, in experiments aiming efficient ways to control CLM, as the study of pheromone-based control methods. This work presents the first morphological description of the four larval instars and the adult genitalia of L. coffeella. In each larval instar, we measured the Mean ± SD (mm) of the cephalic capsules (1st 0,14±0,03; 2nd 0,25±0,04; 3rd 0,32±0,03; 4th 0,42±0,03) and observed the following morphological details: primary setae, prolegs, crochets and ecdysial line of the cephalic capsule. In the adults, we observed the sexual structures present in both genitalia: male - bulbus ejaculatorius, valva, anellus, gnathos and aedeagus and female - ovipositor, sclerite and corpus bursae. The dissection of the adult specimens confirmed that the external morphology corresponds to the correct sex attribution in CLM adults. These results may support innovative and improved control strategies for CLM Integrated Pest Management (IPM).

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Insecticide use and organophosphate resistance in the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1079/ber2002156 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 92 (3) ◽

pp. 203-212 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

D.B. Fragoso ◽

R.N.C. Guedes ◽

M.C. Picanço ◽

L. Zambolim

Keyword(s):

Insecticide Resistance ◽

Methyl Parathion ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Organophosphate Resistance ◽

Standard Population ◽

Resistant Population ◽

Insect Populations ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner ◽

Brazilian Populations

AbstractIncreasing rates of insecticide use against the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella (Guérin-Méneville) and field reports on insecticide resistance led to an investigation of the possible occurrence of resistance of this species to some of the oldest insecticides used against it in Brazil: chlorpyrifos, disulfoton, ethion and methyl parathion. Insect populations were collected from ten sites in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil and these populations were subjected to discriminating concentrations established from insecticide LC99s estimated for a susceptible standard population. Eight of the field-collected populations showed resistance to disulfoton, five showed resistance to ethion, four showed resistance to methyl parathion, and one showed resistance to chlorpyrifos. The frequency of resistant individuals in each population ranged from 10 to 93% for disulfoton, 53 to 75% for ethion, 23 to 76% for methyl parathion, and the frequency of resistant individuals in the chlorpyrifos resistant population was 35%. A higher frequency of individuals resistant to chlorpyrifos, disulfoton and ethion was associated with greater use of insecticides, especially other organophosphates. This finding suggests that cross-selection, mainly between organophosphates, played a major role in the evolution of insecticide resistance in Brazilian populations of L. coffeella. Results from insecticide bioassays with synergists (diethyl maleate, piperonyl butoxide and triphenyl phosphate) suggested that cytochrome P450-dependent monooxygenases may play a major role in resistance with minor involvement of esterases and glutathione S-transferases.

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Reproductive capacity of Mirax insularis - Muesebeck (Hym: Braconidae) in larvae of the coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella- GuérinMéneville and Perrottet 1842 (Lep: Lyonetiidae).

The Journal of Agriculture of the University of Puerto Rico ◽

10.46429/jaupr.v96i3-4.3170 ◽

1969 ◽

Vol 96 (3-4) ◽

pp. 221-234

Author(s):

Marcela Daza ◽

Fernando Gallardo

Keyword(s):

Reproductive Potential ◽

Reproductive Capacity ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Experimental Unit ◽

Artificial Rearing ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Rearing Conditions ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Correlation Tests ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner

The braconid Mirax insularis Muesebeck Is a koinoboint parasitoid of the coffee leafminer, Leucoptera coffeella Guérin-Méneville & Perrottet, ¡n Puerto Rico. However, their reproductive capacity under artificial rearing conditions of the leafminer is not known. The objective of this study was to determine its reproductive potential in larvae of 1st and 2nd instar of L. coffeella. Reproductive capacity tests showed significant differences (test t-Student, P < 0.05) in the preference of M. insularis for 2nd instar larvae with 7% of parasitization, whereas in 1st instar it gained only 5%. The average oviposition of M. insularis increases three folds (14 eggs per female) in a period of 48 hours on 2nd instar when compared to 1st instar. In the analysis of variance, the treatments that showed a significant difference (Tukey test, P < 0.05) were those with densities of 60 to 80 parasitoids per experimental unit on 2nd instar. Correlation tests find that there is a correlation (R = 0.453, P = 0.547) among the progeny of M. insularis produced when using larvae of the 1st instar. However, there is a positive correlation (R = 0.981, P = 0.019) when using 2nd instar larvae. The parasitization of M. insularis is higher when performing inoculations with 60 to 80 parasitoids on 2nd instar, producing a progeny of 365 and 480 parasitoids, respectively.

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Sampling plan for the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella with sex pheromone traps

Journal of Applied Entomology ◽

10.1111/j.1439-0418.2007.01264.x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 132 (6) ◽

pp. 430-438 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

T. Bacca ◽

E. R. Lima ◽

M. C. Picanço ◽

R. N. C. Guedes ◽

J. H. M. Viana

Keyword(s):

Sex Pheromone ◽

Sampling Plan ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Pheromone Traps ◽

Sex Pheromone Traps ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner

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Toxicity of organic farming‑compatible products to the coffee leaf miner

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira ◽

10.1590/s0100-204x2013000300001 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 48 (3) ◽

pp. 241-248 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Madelaine Venzon ◽

Rodrigo Ferreira Krüger ◽

Alberto Soto ◽

Edmar de Souza Tuelher ◽

Italo Santos Bonomo ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Organic Farming ◽

Field Trial ◽

Bordeaux Mixture ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Population Decrease ◽

Lime Sulphur ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner ◽

Ovicidal Effects ◽

Eggs And Larvae

The objective of this work was to evaluate the toxicity of organic farming‑compatible products to the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella. Lime sulphur, enriched Bordeaux mixture (Viça Café Plus), and the "supermagro" biofertilizer were first tested in laboratory. The most promising product was tested afterwards under field conditions. In laboratory, different concentrations of each product were applied on L. coffeella eggs and on infested coffee‑mined leaves. Only lime sulphur had ovicidal effects at an acceptable concentration (1.6%) for field applications, but no significant effect on larvae mortality was found. Enriched Bordeaux mixture and the "supermagro" biofertilizer had no effect on L. coffeella eggs and larvae. In the field trial, biweekly or monthly sprayings of lime sulphur at different concentrations caused population decrease after 30 days; however, this effect was not significant after 60 or 90 days.

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Common Origin of Brazilian and Colombian Populations of the Neotropical Coffee Leaf Miner, Leucoptera coffeella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae)

Journal of Economic Entomology ◽

10.1093/jee/toy416 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 112 (2) ◽

pp. 924-931 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Laura M Pantoja-Gomez ◽

Alberto S Corrêa ◽

Luiz Orlando de Oliveira ◽

Raul Narciso C Guedes

Keyword(s):

Common Origin ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner

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Time‐concentration interplay in insecticide resistance among populations of the Neotropical coffee leaf miner, Leucoptera coffeella

Agricultural and Forest Entomology ◽

10.1111/afe.12425 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Suzany A. Leite ◽

Mateus P. Santos ◽

Daniela R. Costa ◽

Aldenise A. Moreira ◽

Raul Narciso C. Guedes ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Insecticide Resistance ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner

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Effect of coffee alkaloids and phenolics on egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera coffeella

Bulletin of Entomological Research ◽

10.1017/s0007485308005804 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 98 (5) ◽

pp. 483-489 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

S.T.V. Magalhães ◽

R.N.C. Guedes ◽

A.J. Demuner ◽

E.R. Lima

Keyword(s):

Neotropical Region ◽

Egg Laying ◽

Leaf Miner ◽

Canonical Variate ◽

Response Relationship ◽

Plant Interactions ◽

Variate Analysis ◽

Leucoptera Coffeella ◽

Coffee Leaf Miner ◽

Significant Concentration

AbstractThe recognized importance of coffee alkaloids and phenolics mediating insect-plant interactions led to the present investigation aiming to test the hypothesis that the phenolics chlorogenic and caffeic acids and the alkaloid caffeine and some of its derivatives present in coffee leaves affect egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner Leucoptera (=Perileucoptera) coffeella (Guérin-Méneville & Perrottet) (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), one of the main coffee pests in the Neotropical region. These phytochemicals were, therefore, quantified in leaves from 12 coffee genotypes and their effect on the egg-laying preference by the coffee leaf miner was assessed. Canonical variate analysis and partial canonical correlation provided evidence that increased leaf levels of caffeine favour egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner. An egg-laying preference bioassay was, therefore, carried out to specifically test this hypothesis using increasing caffeine concentrations sprayed on leaves of one of the coffee genotypes with the lowest level of this compound (i.e. Hybrid UFV 557-04 generated from a cross between Coffea racemosa Lour. and C. arabica L.). The results obtained allowed the recognition of a significant concentration-response relationship, providing support for the hypothesis that caffeine stimulates egg-laying by the coffee leaf miner in coffee leaves.

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