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Periphoba hircia (lepidoptera: saturniidae) defoliating plants of acacia mangium in the state of roraima, Brazil
Fecha
2014-03-01Registro en:
Florida Entomologist. Lutz: Florida Entomological Soc, v. 97, n. 1, p. 325-328, 2014.
0015-4040
WOS:000338354400052
WOS000338354400052.pdf
7353607022049208
Autor
Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR)
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Institución
Resumen
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 as pest of this plant. The larval stage of this species had 6 instars. Its cocoons were woven either on A. mangium leaves or in the soil. The pupal period of P. hiricia reared on A. mangium lasted 6 months. Its adults were dimorphic with females larger and having more prominent abdomens than males.