Detección e identificación de moscas del botón floral de la familia Lonchaeidae en granadilla Passiflora ligularis Juss., en el municipio de Cácota, Norte de Santander.

Abstract

The objective of this research project is to characterize the genera of the flower bud fly of the Lonchaeidae family in passion fruit Passiflora ligularis Juss in the municipality of Cácota, Norte de Santander, for which a non-experimental methodological design was applied, of a descriptive type that consisted in the use of Mcphile and artisanal traps authorized by the ICA, baited based on four different treatments (T1= hydrolyzed protein; T2= whey; T3= fermented granadilla; T4= porquinaza) for the identification of the genera of the Lonchaeidae family present along with the application of the breeding chamber to establish the damage caused by these. From this, the identification of the Lonchaea sp., and Neosilba sp. genera was found, which were presented in a more significant way in treatments 3 and 1, respectively. Similarly, no genus of the Lonchaeidae family was found in the breeding chambers, which indicates that the identified genera are not attacking flower buds despite being present in crops.