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- Title
Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) on Abarema villosa (Fabales: Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil.
- Authors
Menezes, Claubert Wagner Guimarães De; Braga, Sollano Rabelo; Júnior, Sebastião Lourenço De Assis; Soares, Marcus Alvarenga; Silva, Wiane Meloni; Tavares, Wagner De Souza; Zanuncio, José Cola
- Abstract
Abarema villosa Iganci & M. P. Morim (Fabales: Fabaceae) is a medicinal and ornamental plant in the Cerrado biome of Brazil. Poekilloptera phalaenoides L. (Hemiptera: Flatidae) is a polyphagous pest that imbibes plant sap. This insect was observed on A. villosa plants in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Poekilloptera phalaenoides uses A. villosa plants as a site for shelter, feeding, and reproduction. This is the first report of A. villosa as a host of P. phalaenoides.
- Subjects
HEMIPTERA; ORNAMENTAL plants; PEST control; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; BIOMES
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2018, Vol 101, Issue 1, p128
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.101.0123