“…This species is considered a serious phytosanitary problem in Brazil, it has been accounted in Acre (Santos et al, 2016), Bahia (Mafia et al, 2014), Espírito Santo (Mafia et al, 2014), Goiás (Santos et al, 2003), Maranhão (Chagas and Coelho, 1974), Mato Grosso do Sul (Berti-Filho et al, 1980;Kassab et al, 2011), Minas Gerais (Freitas et al, 2002;Mafia et al, 2014;Pires et al, 2014;Santos et al, 2009), Pará (Maués and Couturier, 2002;Pinto et al, 2004;Lunz and Azevedo, 2014), Rio Grande do Norte (Mendes, 2004), Rio Grande do Sul e Paraná (Santos et al, 2009), Roraima (Marsaro-Júnior andPerreira, 2007), São Paulo (Mariconi, 1956;Junqueira, 1962), in Vale do Jari, between the States of Amapá and Pará (Lunz and Azevedo, 2014).…”