Florida Entomologist (2013) 96, 225-228

Rafael C. Ribeiro, Walkymário De P. Lemos, Júlio César M. Poderoso, Tiago G. Pikart and José C. Zanuncio (2013)
New record of grasshopper (Orthoptera: Acrididae and Romaleidae) defoliators and population dynamics of insects on crops of Heliconia spp in the Amazon
Florida Entomologist 96 (1), 225-228
Abstract: Despite the expansion of floriculture, little is known about insects associated to this crop in northern Brazil. The objective was to identify the main species of defoliator grasshoppers, associated to crops of Heliconia spp. in the northeastern region of State of Pará, Brazil , in the municipalities of Castanhal, Belém and Benevides, from Aug 2004 to Mar 2005. Representatives with higher abundances in these municipalities were the orders Coleoptera, Thysanoptera, Hemiptera and Orthoptera. The collected species of Orthoptera were Cornops frenatum frenatum (Marshall) and Eutropidacris cristata L. (Orthoptera: Acrididae), Prionolopha serrata L. and Chromacris speciosa Thunberg (Orthoptera: Romaleidae), which present a substantial potential to damage heliconias crop in northeastern Pará, Brazil.
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Database assignments for author(s): José Cola Zanuncio

Research topic(s) for pests/diseases/weeds:
surveys/sampling/distribution

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Pest and/or beneficial records:

Beneficial	Pest/Disease/Weed	Crop/Product	Country	Quarant.
	Prionolopha serrata	Heliconia (crop)	Brazil (NE)
	Chromacris speciosa	Heliconia (crop)	Brazil (NE)
	Tropidacris cristata	Heliconia (crop)	Brazil (NE)
	Cornops frenatum	Heliconia (crop)	Brazil (NE)