Urbanus velinus (Plötz, 1880) is a hesperid that causes total defoliation of Clitoria fairchildiana. Some aspects involving their reproduction are still unknown to science, including protocols for captive reproduction. In order to obtain information about their sexual behavior and reproductive ecology, a butterfly house was built where daily assessments were carried out for nine generations kept in captivity. I...
Bark and ambrosia beetles, mainly the ones belonging to groups Scolytinae, Bostrichidae and Platypodinae, can kill trees from reforestation areas or native forests and damage the wood. Population monitoring and the identification of quarantine species are carried out by assembling ethanol-baited traps. The aims of the current study are to evaluate the influence of the color of ethanol-baited traps on the effici...
Scolytinae is a beetle group belonging to Order Coleoptera; these insects play an essential role in wood degradation in forest ecosystems, since they build galleries that enable substrate colonization by other saprophytic organisms, as well as nutrient cycling. Thus, the aim of the current study was to evaluate the occurrence of Scolytinae in the wood of 5 tree species exposed to mangrove environment, as well a...
The occurrence of quarantine pest (A2), Sinoxylon unidentatum Fabricius (Coleoptera: Bostrichidae) was confirmed and intercepted in Rio de Janeiro port on pallets originated from Indonesia. It was found that methyl bromide was not sufficient to inhibit the action of the insects on the pallets. It is suggested as monitoring measure, the installation of ethanolic traps storage sites and transit of wood.; A ocorrê...
O presente trabalho tem o objetivo de avaliar os efeitos do pólen do milho transgênico, que expressa a proteína entomopatogênica Cry1Ab, sobre aspectos biológicos da traça da cera (Galleria mellonella) e com isso propor uma discussão sobre as possibilidades de afecção desse piralídeo à campo, debatendo possíveis efeitos ecológicos. Um ensaio biológico foi realizado, onde se ofertou às larvas pólen do milho tran...
The aim of study was to evaluate the leaf area consumption, survival rate and weight of Urbanus acawoios (Williams, 1926) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) caterpillars in the 3rd , 4th and 5th larval instares and pupal periods when they were fed with Phaseolus vulgaris ( Leguminosae: Faboideae) leaves of the Grupo Vermelho and Capixaba Precoce cultivars. The experiment was accomplished, from March to April, 2002....