Map identifies suspicion of carambola fly in Amazonas

The sample was sent to the Federal Agricultural Defense Laboratory in Goiânia (LFDA-GO) for analysis. The ministry stated that, "even before laboratory confirmation," the teams had already initiated the phytosanitary measures provided for in SDA Ordinance No. 776/2025 and the program's procedures manual. According to Mapa, the carambola fly is a quarantine pest present in Brazil, "with occurrence restricted to the states of Roraima, Amapá, and one municipality of Pará, on the border with Amapá." The insect preferentially affects carambola trees, but also crops such as mango, guava, acerola, tomato, papaya, pepper, jambo, cashew, and orange. The pest was introduced into the country by the state of Amapá in 1996 and, according to the ministry, is considered high-risk due to causing economic losses, reducing production, increasing costs, and imposing restrictions on fruit exports. Since then, Mapa has maintained a national surveillance program, which ...