Laboratory of Integrated Control of Insects
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Insects Species
Several pests and natural enemies recorded in the field by members of LCII. Some of these insects are characterized by frequency of occurrence and the damage caused. Below are listed the main species that make up the complex of pests and natural enemies in Brazil, found and studied by LCII:
Sucking pests
Nezara viridula (Linnaeus)
Dichelopas furcatus
Fabricius
Euschistos heros (Fabricius)
Edessa meditabunda
(Fabricius)
Sucking of rice
Acrosternum sp. (Fabricius)
Tibraca sp.
Photo: Diones Krinski
Oebalus sp.
Defoliating pests
Pseudoplusia includens Walker
Neoleucinodes elegantalis Guenée
Anticarsia gemmatalis
Hubner
Spodoptera sp.
Natural Enemies: Predators
Geocoris sp.
Nabis sp.
Calosoma granulatum
Thynacanta sp
Natural Enemies: Parasitoids
Predador de ovos
Predator Bug
Tuta absoluta
Sucking of rice
Doru lineare
Predator wasp
Telenomus podisi
Ashmead
Trissolcus basalis
(Wollaston)
Encarsia porteri
(Mercet)
Campoletis flavicincta (Ashmead)
Trichogramma pretiosum Riley
Podisus sp.
Trichogramma rojasi
(Nagaraja e Nagarkati)