Ophiomyia camarae is a fly native to the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and FloridaFact sheet LANTANA BIOCONTROL. The State of Queensland, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 2013. but has been introduced as biological control agent to many countries outside the Americas as biological control agent of Lantana camara. The adult have a size of 1.5–2 mm are shiny, black with red compound eyes.DAVID O. SIMELANE, ARC - Plant Protection Research Institute. The Lantana Herringbone Leafminer (Ophiomyia camarae).
Biology This fly mines the leaves of Lantana camara.
Distribution Florida, Trinidad.
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