Agromizídeos os minadores de folhas em algumas áreas da cidade de Belém (insecta, diptera).

Abstract

Agromizids are herbivorous, and 75% of their species have larvae that build feeding channels or "mines" in the leaves. Although some species cause serious damage to cultivated plants, little is known about the taxonomy and ecology of the family. This work aims to: verify the species composition of agromizids in two sites in Belém (EMBRAPA Campus and FCAP); study their associations with host plants and verify the parasitism rate of pupae. The adults were obtained by rearing the larvae collected periodically. To date, 12 agromizid species have been collected in 28 plant species, these miners being very specific to the host plant species. From a total of 370 pupae obtained in the laboratory, only 35% resulted in adults, this loss being mainly due to parasitism by rnicrohimenoptera. Therefore, we observed a strong pressure of these parasitoids on the populations of the agromizid miners collected.