Ophiomyia phaseoli (Tryon)

Taxonomic position

Insecta: Diptera: Agromyzidae

Common name

Bean fly

Habitat / Crop(s) damaged

Pigeonpea, cowpea and other pulses.

Damage symptoms include wilting of young plants; older plants stunted; presence of leaf mines in the form of white streaks towards petiole; base of stem swollen and cracked, containing either white maggot or yellowish puparium, grown up plants with wilted branches.

Pest status

A major pest of cowpea and beans.

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