The species C. stenophyila, C. salvatrix, C. racemosa, C. liberíca, C. eugenioides, C. kapakata, C. dewevrei, C. brevipes, C. congensis and C. canephora and cvs Catuaí Vermelho and Mundo Novo of C. arabica were evaluated for resistance to leaf miner (Períleucoptera coffeeila (Guérin-Mèneville, 1842) under lab conditions with artificial infestations of leaf discs. There was no preference of P. coffeella for oviposition on any of the afore mentioned species. According to subjective visual ratings, number of discs with lesions, damaged foliar area and caterpillar consumption, C. stenophylla, C. salvatrix, C. Ilberica and C. brevipescan be considered as highly resistant to the insect showing small or no lesions at all. C. kapakata, C. eugenioides, C. racemosa and C. dewevreican be classified as moderately resistant, C. canephora and C. congensis as susceptible and C. arabica cvs Catuai and Mundo Novo as very susceptible.
Coffea spp.; leaf miner; Perileucoptera coffeella; host-plant resistance