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- Title
Aethalion reticulatum (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) feeding on Erythrina speciosa (Fabales: Fabaceae): First record of its host plant and damage characteristics.
- Authors
Vinha Zanuncio, Antonio José; Serräo, José Eduardo; Azevedo Pereira, Alexandre Igor; Soares, Marcus Alvarenga; Wilcken, Carlos Frederico; Demolin Leite, Germano Leäo; Zanuncio, José Cola
- Abstract
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., 1758) (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae) on E. speciosa seedlings in nurseries at Sacra Familia do Tinguá, Municipality of Engenheiro Paulo de Frontin, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil. Egg clutches of A. reticulatum were observed at the apex and on the median region of these seedlings, covered by a grayish brown substance, visually distinguished from the greenish color of the E. speciosa stem. Damage to this plant was characterized by hypertrophy and cracks at the apex of E. speciosa seedlings. Control measures for A. reticulatum, based on studies on other hosts, are presented.
- Subjects
INSECT host plants; ERYTHRINA; ORNAMENTAL plant diseases &; pests; INSECT feeding &; feeds; HEMIPTERA
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2015, Vol 98, Issue 1, p175
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.098.0130