“…in Asia (India (Kulkarni, 2010), Cambodia, Vietnam (Thu;Dell;Burgess, 2009) and Thailand); Oceania (New Zealand); Middle East (Israel, Syria Protasov;Fisher;La Salle, 2004), Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey (Aytar;Dagdas;Duran, 2011)); Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Kenya (Mendel;Protasov;Fisher;La Salle, 2004), Uganda (Nyeco;Mutitu;Day, 2009), and Tanzania); South Africa and Europe (Greece, Italy, France, Spain and Portugal (Branco;Franco;Valente;Mendel, 2006)); among other countries (Nugnes;Gebiola;Monti;Gualtieri;Giorgini;Wang;Bernardo, 2015). In Brazil, the occurrence of L. invasa has been reported in the states of Bahia Berti-Filho;Stape;Teixeira, 2008), Rio Grande do Sul (Garlet;Boscardin;Deponti;Shwengber;Machado, 2013), Minas Gerais (Fernandes; Barcelos; Andrade; Zanuncio, 2014), Goiás Melo;Dias;Wilcken, 2014), Espírito Santo, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraná, Pernambuco, São Paulo, Tocantins Zache;Zanuncio, 2015) e Santa Catarina Puretz;.…”