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Forest Research: Open Access

Forest Research: Open Access
Open Access

ISSN: 2168-9776

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Abstract

First Record of Poekilloptera Phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) Hosting Mimosa Caesalpiniaefolia (Mimosaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil

Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior, Arley José Fonseca and José Cola Zanuncio

Poekilloptera phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) was reported on Mimosa caesalpiniaefolia (Fabaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil. Immature and adults of P. phalaenoides were collected for identification on M. caesalpiniaefolia, which represents the first report of this insect on this plant. This preliminary study showed that M. caesalpiniaefolia is a potential host of P. phalaenoides

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