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 2022-04-29T08:36:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-02-01; Toxic baits, containing the active ingredients sulfluramid or fipronil, are the main methods to control leaf-cutting ants of the genera Atta Fabricius, 1805, and Acromyrmex Mayr, 1865 (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). However, the insecticide dispersion among members of the colony during the control needs furt...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T08:38:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2022-03-01; Leaf-cutting ants forage fresh plants in the field to cultivate the symbiotic fungus in their nests. The trophallaxis rates in leaf-cutting ants may be related to liquid foraging behavior and exchanging liquid food with other ants inside the nest. The liquid foraging and liquid food exchange in laborato...
Made available in DSpace on 2022-04-29T07:12:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2013-09-01; This is the first report of Palmistichus elaeisis (Delvare & LaSalle) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), a generalist pupal parasitoid of Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, parasitizing pupae of Hypsipyla grandella (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae), a major forest pest in Latin America and the Caribbean. This finding ...
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 2022-04-29T16:25:33Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-01-01; The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) is a polyphagous pest species of cultivated plants. Changes in cotton crop systems are increasing the importance of this pest in cotton in the El Cerrado region of Brazil. This work aimed to evaluate resistance types of cotton (Gossypium ...