Detección e identificación de moscas del botón floral de la familia Lonchaeidae en granadilla Passiflora ligularis Juss., en el municipio de Pamplonita, 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 Pamplonita, Norte de Santander, for which a non-experimental methodological design was applied, of a descriptive type that consisted in the use of McPhail traps baited based on four different treatments (T1= fruit bait; T2= whey; T3= fermented granadilla; T4= porquinaza) for the identification of the genera of the family Lonchaeidae present together 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.