EPPO Global Database

Atherigona reversura(ATHERE)

Distribution details in United States of America

Situation
Current pest situation evaluated by EPPO on the basis of information dated 2016: Present, restricted distribution
First recorded in: 2010
Comments
First found in Bermudagrass pastures in southern Georgia in 2010.
References
* INTERNET
Bug Guide. Species Atherigona reversura - Bermudagrass stem maggot. https://bugguide.net/node/view/594127/data (last accessed 2022-05).
------- Distribution based on pictures submitted by users of the website.

* Grzywacz A, Pape T, Hudson WG, Gomez S (2013) Morphology of immature stages of Atherigona reversura (Diptera: Muscidae), with notes on the recent invasion of North America. Journal of Natural History 47(15–16), 1055–1067.

* Patitucci LD, Dufek MI, Mulieri PR (2016) First reports of the invasive pest Bermudagrass stem maggot, Atherigona reversura Villeneuve, 1936 (Diptera: Muscidae), in South America. Check List 12(4), 1928. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/12.4.1928
Situation in neighbouring countries
Country State Status
Canada Ontario Present, restricted distribution view...
Canada Present, restricted distribution view...
Mexico Present, restricted distribution view...