Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T19:55:01Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2000-01-01; The comparative study of the ultrastructure of the midgut epithelium of stingless bee larvae that eat plant protein (pollen) and animal protein (carrion) throughout the larval phase, shows variations in the digestive cells that are only relative to larval aging and not to the type of larval diet. The ce...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T14:31:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-03-01; Erythrina speciosa Andrews (Fabales: Fabaceae) has multiple uses due to its medicinal properties, potential for recovering degraded areas, and excellent landscape effect, but insects that use this plant are poorly known. This paper reports, for the first time, the occurrence of Aethalion reticulatum (L....
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:12:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-09-01; Study of the dynamics and distribution of lepidopteran defoliators is important because some of them are major pests of eucalyptus. More than 3,000,000 ha of eucalyptus are now planted in Brazil even though the genus is not native there. The goal of this study was to document the frequency and constancy...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:14:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; Ficus benjamina L. (Moraceae) is an exotic ornamental plant in Brazil. The aim of this study was to identify a defoliator and its parasitoid on F. benjamina plants in Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil and to determine the number of pupae and the emergence of lepidopteran and a dipteran. Four Halysidota sp. (...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:14:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; Larvae of Periphoba hircia (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae) defoliated Acacia mangium in the state of Roraima, Brazil. This is the first report of this species defoliating A. mangium in Brazil. The damage to the foliage was substantial and P. hircia should be monitored to ascertain its significance a...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:14:22Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; The Lepidoptera are among the insect groups with the greatest species diversity and ecological services. The distribution, abundance and variation in time and space of species in natural communities are important. The occurrence of pests (primary pest species) and those species with potential to cause d...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:20:02Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; Insects pests of stored products and by-products are extending their feeding preferences to new items. We report for the first time in Brazil the feeding and reproduction of the cigarette beetle, Lasioderma serricorne F. (Coleoptera: Anobiidae) on stored chamomile, Matricaria recutita L. (Asteraceae). O...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:42:49Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 1996-12-01; Ultrastructure of the anterior end of the midgut of three Neotropical stingless bees, including an obligate necrophagous species Trigona hypogea, suggests that this midgut region has no role in nutrient absorption because its lumen is reduced by a thick cuticle that lines the outer epithelium of the car...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T17:02:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2015-12-01; Eucalyptus cloeziana F. Muell. (Myrtales: Myrtaceae) and the tropical almond Terminalia catappa L. (Myrtales: Combretaceae) are widely cultivated in urban and forest areas of many countries where biological control is the most-preferred method to control insects. Aximopsis sp. (Hymenoptera: Eurytomidae)...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-05-01T06:02:08Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2021-01-01; Anticarsia gemmatalis is the most important soybean pest in various countries of America controlled mainly with synthetic insecticides. Effective management alternatives to control and avoid of insecticide resistance are needed against this pest. The toxicity, behavioral response, and respiration of A. ...