Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology (Feb 2015)

Triplaris americana L. (Polygonaceae), a New Host Plant For Aethalion reticulatum (Linnaeus, 1767) (Hemiptera: Aethalionidae)

  • Evaldo Martins Pires,
  • Larissa Cavalheiro Silva,
  • Leandro Denis Batirola,
  • Roberta Martins Nogueira,
  • Marliton Rocha Barreto,
  • Janaina Nadai Corassa

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/S1516-8913201400039
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 58, no. 1
pp. 31 – 33

Abstract

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Triplaris americana is a plant that has been applied as ornamental specie and also as natural medicine. Adults and immature stages of Aethalion reticulatum were observed colonizing specimens of this plant in Sinop, MT, Brazil, which represent the first record of this leafhopper colonizing this specie.

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