Ciência Florestal (Jan 2018)

Leptocybe invasa (HYMENOPTERA: EULOPHIDAE) ON Eucalyptus SEEDLINGS IN SANTA CATARINA STATE, BRAZIL

  • Leonardo Rodrigues Barbosa,
  • Angelo Peruffo Rodrigues,
  • Amanda Rodrigues de Souza,
  • Barbara de Oliveira Puretz,
  • Carlos Frederico Wilcken,
  • José Cola Zanuncio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5902/1980509835336
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 28, no. 4
pp. 1770 – 1775

Abstract

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The blue gum chalcid, Leptocybe invasa Fisher & La Salle (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), native from Australia, can severely damage eucalyptus (Myrtaceae) plants. This insect was found on Eucalyptus grandis seedlings in May 2015, in Treze de Maio municipality in Santa Catarina state, Brazil.