Check List 19(2): 221-223, doi: 10.15560/19.2.221
New record of Clinodiplosis capsici Gagné, 2000 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), a sweet-pepper pest in Brazil
expand article infoValéria C. Maia‡, Marcos V.B. Garcia§, Rodrigo F. Berni§
‡ Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ Embrapa Amazônia Ocidental, Manaus, Brazil

Corresponding author: Valéria C. Maia ( maiavcid@acd.ufrj.br )

Academic editor: Maíra Araújo
© Valéria C. Maia, Marcos V.B. Garcia, Rodrigo F. Berni.
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Citation: Maia VC, Garcia MVB, Berni RF (2023) New record of Clinodiplosis capsici Gagné, 2000 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae), a sweet-pepper pest in Brazil. Check List 19(2): 221-223. https://doi.org/10.15560/19.2.221
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Abstract

We report for the first time conical galls of Clinodiplosis capsici Gagné, 2000 (Diptera, Cecidomyiidae) on sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L., Solanaceae) in Brazil. This report has agricultural importance since this midge is one of the known sweet-pepper pests.

Keywords
Agricultural importance, Capsicum, Gall, gall midge