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  • 1Departamento de Entomologia, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, MG 36570-900, Brazil; USDA, Agricultural Research Service, San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Sciences Center, 9611 South Riverbend Avenue, Parlier, CA 93648-9757, United States.

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