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- Title
Solanum lycocarpum Saint Hilaire (Solanaceae) is host plant of Leucanella memusae (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae) in Brazilian mountain grasslands.
- Authors
Soares, Marcus Alvarenga; Sánchez, Luiza Pereira; Isaac Júnior, José Bosco; Pereira, Elizangela Souza; Pires, Evaldo Martins; Leite, Germano Leão Demolin; Zanuncio, José Cola
- Abstract
Larvae of the subfamily Hemileucinae possess urticating bristles capable of inducing stinging in humans. The objective of this report was to describe Solanum lycocarpum Saint Hilaire (Solanaceae) as a natural host of Leucanella memusae (Walker) (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae: Hemileucinae) larvae in Brazilian mountain grasslands. Individuals of L. memusae complete their life cycle feeding on leaves of S. lycocarpum, and have the potential to migrate to agricultural crops in the region of Diamantina, Minas Gerais State.
- Subjects
SOLANACEAE; HOST plants; SOLANUM; LEPIDOPTERA; CROPS; GRASSLANDS; GRASSLAND soils
- Publication
Florida Entomologist (Florida Entomological Society), 2019, Vol 102, Issue 3, p624
- ISSN
0015-4040
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1653/024.102.0341