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[Banana tree pests attacking Heliconia latispatha Benth. (Heliconiaceae)]
1EMBRAPA MEIO AMBIENTE, Jaguariúna, SP. watanabe@cnpma.embrapa.br
Neotropical Entomology
|July 4, 2007
Abstract:
In mid-May 2005, the caterpillars Antichloris eriphia (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) and Calligo illioneus (Cramer) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) which are banana tree pests, were found attacking six-month old stalks of Heliconia latispatha Benth., planted near a banana tree plantation in Jaguariuna, SP, Brazil. The attack by C. illioneus is observed by the first time in Brazil.
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