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Tiny Pest Could be Grain Industry Threat
USAgNet - 07/30/2021
The invasive exotic pest American serpentine leafminer has been found in northern Western Australia, causing concern for farmers and relevant industry bodies. ASLM is a tiny fly whose larvae damage plants by tunnelling through leaf tissue.
Leaf damage occurs through puncture wounds from the adult feeding and depositing eggs, as well as the larvae tunnel, or mine, within the leaf tissue.
Farm Weekly reports that the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development confirmed the pest's presence from a sample collected near Kununurra last Thursday, as part of the Commonwealth's Northern Australia Quarantine Strategy
surveillance program.
DPIRD is working with industry stakeholders and State and Commonwealth Governments to minimise the impact of the pest fly and its larvae on WA's primary industries.
The plant pest is wind borne and eggs, larvae and pupae can be spread through the movement of plant material, soil, clothing and equipment.
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