Forest Research: Open Access
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ISSN: 2168-9776
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ISSN: 2168-9776
+44 1300 500008
José Cola Zanuncio
Universidade Federal de Viçosa,
35.930-000, Viçosa, Minas Gerais
Brazil
Short Communication
First Record of Poekilloptera Phalaenoides (Hemiptera: Flatidae) Hosting Mimosa Caesalpiniaefolia (Mimosaceae) in Diamantina, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Author(s): Claubert Wagner Guimarães de Menezes, Marcus Alvarenga Soares, Sebastião Lourenço de Assis Júnior, Arley José Fonseca and José Cola ZanuncioClaubert 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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DOI:
10.4172/2168-9776.1000102