“…Originating from the Neotropical region, N. perezi has been reported in South (Bellotti et al, 1999), Central (Saunders, Coto, & King, 1998;Bellotti, 2008;De Lorenzi & Nora, 2016), and North America (Peña & Waddill, 1982). In Brazil, the shoot fly was first reported in 1940 (Graner, 1942;Zikan, 1944), with Lonchaea pendula Bezzi, 1919. This species has been documented in all geopolitical regions of the country, including the states of Amazonas (Silva, Magalhães, & Costa, 1981), Paraíba (S. D. Souza, Matias, & Lopes, 1982), Minas Gerais (J. C. Souza & Reis, 1986;Strikis, Marsaro, Adaime, & Lima, 2012), Rondônia (F. N. S. Oliveira, 1987), Bahia (Gisloti & Prado, 2011;Farias, Mattos, & Ferreira, 2007;A.…”