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Se registra por primera vez para México a Rifseria fuscotaeniaella (Chambers, 1878) como minador de la hoja de Montanoa tomentosa Cerv., anteriormente citado en varias especies de maleza de la familia Asteraceae en Estados Unidos y Canadá.

Mediante la identificación taxonómica integrativa se describen dos morfoespecies del género Chloridea Duncan [& Westwood], 1841 que afectan al tabaco negro en la provincia de Pinar del Río, Cuba. Se recolectaron larvas de último instar en dos poblaciones con diferente hábito alimenticio: la primera afectando la yema terminal del tallo y la segunda a los órganos reproductivos del tabaco. Las larvas fueron caracterizadas por la coloración y ornamentación cuticular, así como por 11 caracteres morfológicos de la quetotaxia. La confirmación de la taxonomía molecular se realizó mediante secuenciación del gen mitocondrial de la citocromo oxidasa I (mtCOI), identificando a Chloridea virescens (Fabricius, 1777) como única especie para ambas poblaciones, con variabilidad morfológica y divergencia genética asociadas al nicho trófico, sugiriendo una especiación simpátrica.

The objective of the study was to analyse the prevalence of infection by N. caninum and T. gondii in breeding ewes from central western Mexico. For this purpose, 184 blood samples were collected from sheep in the reproductive stage, which were analysed by ELISA and PCR tests, respectively, and the association between seroprevalence and some management factors was estimated by means of a logistic regression analysis. For N. caninum, a seroprevalence of 15.22% was identified, while the DNA detection in blood was 14.13% (26/184); positive animals were found in 75% of the farms (6/8). The variables poor placental waste management (OR 8.4), abortion history (OR 1.5) and presence of rodents (OR 1.3) were identified as risk factors for N. caninum infection. In the case of T. gondii, a seroprevalence of 61.96% was found, and antibodies were detected in eight farms included in the study; no positive samples were identified for T. gondii by the PCR test. The main identified risk factors for T. gondii were as follows: poor hygiene conditions (OR 12.5), presence of cats (OR 9.5), presence of other domestic animals (OR 5.7), urban context of the farm (OR 9.5) and public water supply (OR 5.3). The seroprevalence of co-infection of T. gondii and N. caninum in breeding ewes was 7% (13/184; 95% CI 6.92-7.20). T. gondii has a high seroprevalence while N. caninum was of lower proportion, and both may be associated with reproductive losses for these herds studied.